Both Uses
solicit
in
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis
(Auto-generated)
- Always she was disappointed, but always she effervesced anew—over the Student Volunteers, who intended to become missionaries, over painting scenery for the dramatic club, over soliciting advertisements for the college magazine.†
Chpt 1 *
- At her solicitation Lyman Cass gave Champ a warm berth as night watchman.†
Chpt 35
Definitions:
-
(1)
(solicit) to ask for something, or to try to sell something, or to try to persuade
-
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) offering sexual favors for money