Both Uses of
solicit
in
Moby Dick
- The eager mariners but ask him who he is, and where from; whereas, they not only receive an answer to those questions, but likewise another answer to a question not put by them, but the unsolicited answer is forced from Jonah by the hard hand of God that is upon him.†
Chpt 7-9
- Therefore he had not solicited a boat's crew from them, nor had he in any way hinted his desires on that head.†
Chpt 49-51 *
Definition:
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(solicit) to ask or plead for something
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