to solicit help

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• solicit — so‧li‧cit [səˈlɪst] verb [transitive] 1. formal to ask someone for information or help: • She called meetings to solicit the views of her staff. 2. disapproving to ask someone for money: solicit something from somebody …   Financial and business terms

• solicit — [[t]səlɪ̱sɪt[/t]] solicits, soliciting, solicited 1) VERB If you solicit money, help, support, or an opinion from someone, you ask them for it. [FORMAL] [V n] He s already solicited their support on health care reform... [V n from n] No tuition… …   English dictionary

• help — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, considerable, enormous, great, huge, immense, invaluable, real, substantial, tremendous …   Collocations dictionary

• solicit — verb ADVERB ▪ actively ▪ She had actively solicited funds for her election campaign. PREPOSITION ▪ for ▪ Local companies were solicited for money. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• solicit — so|li|cit [səˈlısıt] v [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: solliciter to disturb, take charge of , from Latin sollicitare, from sollicitus; SOLICITOUS] 1.) [I usually progressive] to offer to have sex with someone in exchange for money ▪ She… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• solicit — verb 1 (I) to offer to have sex with someone in exchange for money: She was arrested for soliciting. 2 (I, T) formal to ask someone for money, help, or information: solicit sth from sb: The governor sent two officials to Mexico City to solicit… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• solicit — verb 1) Phil tried to solicit his help Syn: ask for, request, seek, apply for, put in for, call for, press for, beg, plead for See note at beg 2) they are solicited for their opinions Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

• solicit favors — seek favors, seek the help of others …   English contemporary dictionary

• solicit one's support — ask for the help of , ask for aid from …   English contemporary dictionary

• Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke — Infobox Person name = Richard Strongbow de Clare birth date = 1130 birth place = Tonbridge, Kent, England death date = death date|1176|4|20|df=y death place = Dublin, Ireland Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Lord of Leinster, Justiciar of… …   Wikipedia

• Ireland — Irelander, n. /uyeur leuhnd/, n. 1. John, 1838 1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888 1918. 2. Also called Emerald Isle. Latin, Hibernia. a large western island of the British …   Universalium