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Definition
to ask or plead for something
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- Many military units sponsored orphanages in Vietnam; many of the troops donated their time—as well as what gifts they could solicit from home—to help the kids.p. 620.4
- Reagan denied yesterday that he had solicited third-country aid for the rebels, as Mr. McFarlane had said on Monday.'p. 326.7
There are no more uses of "solicit" in A Prayer for Owen Meany.
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