solicit

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From Middle English soliciten, solliciten, from Old French soliciter, solliciter, borrowed from Latin sollicitō (“stir, disturb; look after”), from sollicitus (“agitated, anxious, punctilious”, literally “thoroughly moved”), from sollus (“whole, entire”) + perfect passive participle of cieō (“shake, excite, cite, to put in motion”).

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: умолявам (umoljavam) — to persistently endeavor
• Bulgarian: измолвам (izmolvam) — to persistently endeavor
• Chinese Mandarin: 懇求 /恳求 (kěnqiú) — to persistently endeavor
• Finnish: penätä — to persistently endeavor
• Finnish: pyytää — to persistently endeavor
• Finnish: tavoitella — to persistently endeavor
• Galician: solicitar — to persistently endeavor
• German: anfordern — to persistently endeavor
• German: bedrängen — to persistently endeavor
• German: erbitten — to persistently endeavor
• German: nachsuchen — to persistently endeavor
• Hindi: याचना करना (yācnā karnā) — to persistently endeavor
• Hungarian: kér — to persistently endeavor
• Hungarian: kérlel — to persistently endeavor
• Hungarian: könyörög — to persistently endeavor
• Hungarian: folyamodik — to persistently endeavor
• Hungarian: esdekel — to persistently endeavor
• Japanese: 強請る (yusuru) — to persistently endeavor
• Portuguese: solicitar — to persistently endeavor
• Romanian: solicita — to persistently endeavor
• Russian: добива́ться (dobivátʹsja) — to persistently endeavor
• Spanish: solicitar — to persistently endeavor
• Turkish: ısrarla rica etmek — to persistently endeavor
• Bulgarian: ухажвам (uhažvam) — to woo; to court
• Finnish: kosiskella — to woo; to court
• Finnish: riiata — to woo; to court
• Finnish: vokotella — to woo; to court
• Finnish: viekoitella — to woo; to court
• Finnish: liehitellä — to woo; to court
• German: werben — to woo; to court
• German: den Hof machen — to woo; to court
• German: umwerben — to woo; to court
• Hungarian: udvarol — to woo; to court
• Hungarian: teszi a szépet — to woo; to court
• Hungarian: csábít — to woo; to court
• Russian: уха́живать (uxáživatʹ) — to woo; to court
• Spanish: cortejar — to woo; to court
• Swedish: uppvakta — to woo; to court
• Turkish: kur yapmak — to woo; to court
• Bulgarian: уговарям (ugovarjam) — to persuade or incite
• Finnish: houkutella — to persuade or incite
• Finnish: vokotella — to persuade or incite
• Finnish: vikitellä — to persuade or incite
• German: anstiften — to persuade or incite
• German: beschwatzen — to persuade or incite
• German: überreden — to persuade or incite
• Hungarian: felbujt — to persuade or incite
• Russian: домога́ться (domogátʹsja) — to persuade or incite
• Serbo-Croatian: snubiti — to persuade or incite
• Spanish: solicitar — to persuade or incite
• Turkish: baştan çıkarmaya çalışmak — to persuade or incite
• Turkish: davetkâr konuşmak — to persuade or incite
• Ukrainian: підбити (pidbyty) — to persuade or incite
• Bulgarian: предлагам се (predlagam se) — to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment
• Finnish: tarjoutua — to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment
• Finnish: tyrkyttää (itseään) — to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment
• French: racoler — to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment
• French: draguer — to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment
• French: allumer — to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment
• Hungarian: leszólít — to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment
• Hungarian: kínálja/felkínálja magát — to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment
• Hungarian: strichel — to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment
• Russian: приставать (pristavatʹ) — to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment
• Russian: навязываться (navjazyvatʹsja) — to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment
• Spanish: yirar — to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment
• Turkish: fahişelik yapmak — to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment
• Turkish: fuhuş yapmak — to offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment
• Bulgarian: ходатайствам (hodatajstvam) — to make a petition
• Chinese Mandarin: 徵求 /征求 (zhēngqiú) — to make a petition
• Finnish: anoa — to make a petition
• Finnish: pyytää — to make a petition
• Hungarian: kérelmez — to make a petition
• Hungarian: igényel — to make a petition
• Hungarian: megigényel — to make a petition
• Hungarian: kíván — to make a petition
• Russian: ходатайствовать (xodatajstvovatʹ) — to make a petition
• Russian: обраща́ться с петицией (obraščátʹsja) — to make a petition
• Spanish: solicitar — to make a petition
• Turkish: yalvarmak — to make a petition
• Bulgarian: безпокоя (bezpokoja) — (obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass
• German: belästigen — (obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass
• German: stören — (obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass
• Hungarian: zaklat — (obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass
• Hungarian: háborgat — (obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass
• Polish: nagabywać — (obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass
• Russian: досажда́ть (dosaždátʹ) — (obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass
• Turkish: sırnaşmak — (obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass
• Turkish: tebelleş olmak — (obsolete, rare in English) to disturb or trouble; to harass