All 3 Uses of
solicit
in
Wuthering Heights
- I do myself the honour of calling as soon as possible after my arrival, to express the hope that I have not inconvenienced you by my perseverance in soliciting the occupation of Thrushcross Grange: I heard yesterday you had had some thoughts — '†
Chpt 1 *
- He would have recoiled still more had he been aware that her attachment rose unsolicited, and was bestowed where it awakened no reciprocation of sentiment; for the minute he discovered its existence he laid the blame on Heathcliff's deliberate designing.†
Chpt 10
- He solicited the society of no one more.†
Chpt 34
Definition:
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(solicit) to ask or plead for something
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