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Definition
to ask or plead for something
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- "Why?" he asked; himself growing serious at his companion's solicitation.Chapter 8 (9% in)
- They played a duet from "Zampa," and at the earnest solicitation of every one present followed it with the overture to "The Poet and the Peasant."Chapter 9 (20% in)
- If Mademoiselle happened to have received a letter from Robert during the interval of Edna's visits, she would give her the letter unsolicited.Chapter 26 (58% in)
There are no more uses of "solicit" in The Awakening.
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