Verb
1. make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently;
"Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce""My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"2. make amorous advances towards;
"John is courting Mary"3. approach with an offer of sexual favors;
"he was solicited by a prostitute""The young man was caught soliciting in the park"4. incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination;
"He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents"5. make a solicitation or petition for something desired;
"She is too shy to solicit"