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Definition: Solicit |
SolicitVerb1. Make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently. 2. Make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary". 3. Offer one's body for sex in return for money; "he was solicited by a prostitute". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "solicit" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Note: Solicit \So*lic"it\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Solicited; present participle verb or noun Soliciting.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: SolicitSynonyms: accost (v), beg (v), court (v), romance (v), tap (v), woo (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Attention | Catch the eye, strike the eye; attract notice; catch the attention, awaken the attention, wake the attention, invite the attention, solicit the attention, attract the attention, claim the attention excite the attention, engage the attention, occupy the attention, strike the attention, arrest the attention, fix the attention, engross the attention, absorb the attention, rivet the attention, catch the mind, awaken the mind, wake the mind, invite the mind, solicit the mind, attract the mind, claim the mind excite the mind, engage the mind, occupy the mind, strike the mind, arrest the mind, fix the mind, engross the mind, absorb the mind, rivet the mind, catch the thoughts, awaken the thoughts, wake the thoughts, invite the thoughts, solicit the thoughts, attract the thoughts, claim the thoughts excite the thoughts, engage the thoughts, occupy the thoughts, strike the thoughts, arrest the thoughts, fix the thoughts, engross the thoughts, absorb the thoughts, rivet the thoughts; be present to the mind, be uppermost in the mind. |
Desire | Woo, court, solicit; fish for, spell for, whistle for, put up for; ogle. |
Request | Verb: request, ask; beg, crave, sue, pray, petition, solicit, invite, pop the question, make bold to ask; beg leave, beg a boon; apply to, call to, put to; call upon, call for; make a request, address a request, prefer a request, put up a request, make a prayer, address a prayer, prefer a prayer, put up a prayer, make a petition, address a petition, prefer a petition, put up a petition; make application, make a requisition; ask trouble, ask one for; claim; (demand); offer up prayers; (worship); whistle for. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | [Two priests solicit funds] / Arnoldo Van Westerhout. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Armed with this knowledge, those who implement programs should confidently solicit the support and involvement of local government, educational, and religious leaders. (references) | |
Business | They are allowed to undertake financial intermediation or solicit customers for their parent bank. (references) | |
In addition, all of the firms are limited in the products they can offer and the customers they can solicit. (references) | ||
Taiwan military purchasing agencies (except DPD in Washington, D.C.) usually solicit foreign bids through open tendering. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Ghana | There were numerous reports that police used checkpoints to solicit bribes. (references) |
Economic History | South Africa | South African law provides for prosecution of government officials who solicit or accept bribes. (references) |
Chad | Suppliers of medical equipment may contact the Ministry of Public Health to solicit their procurement needs. (references) | |
Human Rights | Brazil | Due to insufficient resources, federal and state officials in many cases actively solicit the aid and cooperation of NGO's in addressing human rights problems. (references) |
Pakistan | Although fettering was banned nationally in April 2000, many prisoners continue to be fettered for administrative convenience or in an attempt to solicit bribes. (references) | |
Kazakhstan | Lawyers and human rights monitors alleged that judges, prosecutors, and other officials solicit bribes in exchange for favorable rulings in nearly all criminal cases. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Paraguay | Furthermore, many indigenous people find it difficult to travel to the capital to solicit land titles or process the required documentation for land ownership. (references) |
Indonesia | A March conference debated whether to pursue independence or special autonomy, resulting in numerous meetings with local communities to explain autonomy and solicit input. (references) | |
Women | Belize | Adult prostitution is not illegal, although the law prohibits loitering for prostitution, operating a brothel, or for a man to solicit for prostitution. (references) |
Worker Rights | Uzbekistan | Travel agencies promising tour packages and work in Turkey, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) also solicit prostitutes. (references) |
Uzbekistan | Traffickers most often target young women between the ages of 18 and 30. Agents in nightclubs or prostitution rings solicit these women, many of whom previously engaged in prostitution. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Martin van Buren | 1837-1841 | Beyond that I only look to the gracious protection of the Divine Being whose strengthening support I humbly solicit, and whom I fervently pray to look down upon us all. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Solicit" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 85.00% of the time. "Solicit" is used about 60 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 85% | 51 | 47,619 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 13.33% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (singular) | 1.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 60 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "solicit": solicit for. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
solicit | 15 |
not solicit | 7 |
corporate donation solicit | 3 |
phone solicit | 3 |
letter solicit sponsorship | 2 |
donation solicit | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "solicit"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | lutem (appeal, be at one's devotions, beg, entreat, implore, petition, plead, please, pray, short circuit, supplicate), lus (ask, beg, beseech, mump, pray, request), kërkoj (aim, apply, arrogate, ask, ask for, assert, beg, call for, charge, claim, comb, cost, crave, cry for, demand, dig, dig for, exact, feel, fish for, fossick, go after, inquire, look, look for, looking for, necessitate, nose, nose out, petition, pick, postulate, quest, ransack, request, rummage, search, search after, search out, seek, seek after, solicit for, want), bëj thirrje për. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | غوى (bait, be seduced, debauch, entice, enticement, seduce, snare, tempt, undo), حث (actuate, admonish, debriefing, dub, encourage, encouragement, goad, gun, hurry, impel, incitation, incite, induce, induce to speak, inducement, interest, motivate, motivation, motive, persuade, precipitate, press, prod, prompt, prompting, propel, provocation, provoke, push on, recommend, rouse, solicitation, spur, stimulate, stimulation, stir, tempt), توسل (beg, beseech, entreat, entreaty, implore, invoke, petition, petition for smth., solicitation, sue, supplicate, supplication), تغري للزنى, إلتمس (ask, beg, beseech, canvass, crave, cry, implore, petition, plead, request, sue, woo), إستجدى (panhandle), إسترعى الإنتباه (nudge), إجتذب (bring), ألح على (importune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ходатайствувам (intercede, petition, pull strings), настоявам (aver, insist, persist, press, represent, require), моля настоятелно, моля (adjure, ask, beg, implore, invoke, please, pray, request, supplicate), защитавам (champion, defend, guard, keep, maintain, protect, shelter, shield, vindicate, ward), прося (beg, beseech, cadge, crave), пледирам (defend, plead, pled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 请求 (Bagged, Plea, request, requested, Requesting, solicited, Soliciting), 摟 (graft, to collect, to embrace, to gather, to hug), 征求 (ask for, seek). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | získávat (canvass), vnucovat se (impose oneself, obtrude oneself), prosit (ask, beg, beseech, implore, obtest, petition, plead, pray), žádat (apply, ask, claim, demand, invite, petition, postulate, pray, request, require, want, wish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | وسوسه کردن , تقاضاکردن (Adjure, Beseech, Bone, Demand, Putin, Sue), تشجیع کردن (Bield, Embolden, Heart, Hearten), خواستن (Ask, Beg, Bone, Call, Choose, Desire, Intend, Want, Will, Wish), خواستاربودن , جلب کردن (Atone, Attract, Catch, Engross, Entice, Have), التماس کردن (Beseech, Obtest, Prig, Supplicate), درخواست کردن (Apply, Beg, Bone, Petition, Plead, Pray, Request, Supplicate), بیرون کشیدن (Draw, Evoke, Extract). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | solliciter, racoler. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | werben um (canvass, court), erbitten (ask for, crave, implore, request), bitten (appeal, ask, ask for, ask request, beg, beseech, bid, invite, petition, petitions, plead, pleading, prithee, request, solicitation, Sue, to ask request, to please, to request). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παρακαλώ (ask, beg, beseech, by all means, go ahead, implore, petition, plead, please, pray, request, urge, you are welcome), ζητώ (ask, ask for, beg, beg for, call for, charge, demand, look for, postulate, put in for, query, quest, request, search, seek), εκλιπαρώ (adjure, crave, entreat, supplicate), εξαιτούμαι. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לפתות (decoy, gull, inveigle, lead on, lure, suborn, tempt), לחזר אחרי (court, lallygag, woo), ל"פציר (beg, beseech, entreat, implore, insist, plead, press, urge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | folyamodik (have recourse to sg, to appeal, to refer, to resort, to solicit, to supplicate, to take to), esdekel (besought, invoke, to beseech, to invoke, to petition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sollecitare (canvass, hasten, hurry, importune, press for, stress, tickle, urge, woo), richiedere (apply for, ask, ask again, ask back, demand, exact, involve, postulate, request, require, take), adescare (attract, bait, ensnare, entice, inveigle, lure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 強請る (to coax, to demand, to solicit, to tease), 募る (etc, participation, to invite, to solicit help), 寄付'請う (to solicit donations). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きふ'"う (to solicit donations), ね る (to coax, to demand, to solicit, to tease), つのる (to invite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 간청하십시". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | yeearree (application, ask, aspiration, aspire, beseech, fancy, importune; prayer, intention, intreat, request, soliciting, wish, yearn), shirrey (apply, cast about, endeavour, go after, prospect, request, require, search, seek, seeking, solicitation, soliciting), jannoo aghin son. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | olicitsay solicitar (appeal, apply, beg, court, file, invite, petition, plea, plead, pray, request, seek, woo), rogar (ask, ask for, beg, bid, entreat, file, implore, obtest, petition, request), requisitar (embargo, requisition, seize), requerer (apply, beg, claim, exact, file, need, petition, put in for, request, require), provocar (abet, add fuel to, aggravate, arouse, bring, bring on, cause, cause to take place, challenge, court, defy, egg, egg on, excite, gall, generate, incite, induce, infuse, instigate, invite, nettle, occasion, pick, provoke, raise, rattle, rouse, start, stimulate, stir up, waken), importunar (badger, bother, devil, disturb, hinder, importune, incommode, lay siege to, nag, persecute, pester, pick at, plague, pursue, tease, tire, trouble), convidar (ask, bid, invite, issue an invitation, to invite), ambicionar (ambition, covet, strive). (various references) solicita (apply for, attract, beg, call on, cause, crave, drive, entail, have, invite, request, require, require smth. of smb., strain, stress), invita (ask, bid, book, call in, call on, invite, summon, take out, tempt), cere cu stãruinţã, acosta bãrbaţi. (various references) ходатайствовать (intercede, move, petition, petitioned, petitioning, plead), хлопотать (bustle about, petition), требовать (ask for, call for, call for a, claim, crave, cry for, demand, necessitate, require, take). (various references) grìos (abet, beseech, encourage, entreat, pray). (various references) saletati (assail, besiege, importune, pester, ply, urge), tražiti mušterije, tražiti (ask for, demand, grope, hunt, inquire into, look for, pursue, request, require, search, search for, seek, sue, track). (various references) solicitar (apply, apply for, ask, ask for, beg, bid, demand, go in for, hustle, make an application for, put in, request, seek). (various references) värva (enlist, enrol, enroll, recruit, sign on), bjuda ut sig (put out), be om enträget (implore), be ngn enträget (entreat, implore, importune). (various references) yalvarmak (adjure, appeal, beg, beseech, conjure, crave, desire, entreat, implore, intercede, invoke, plead, pray, sit up and beg, supplicate), tahrik etmek (agitate, egg, egg on, excite, fan, ferment, hound, hound on, incite, instigate, irritate, jockey into, move, provoke, rough the wrong way, rouse, seduce, stimulate, sting, stir up, turn on, whet, whip up, wind up, work up), kışkırtmak (agitate, antagonize, defy, egg, egg on, excite, fan the flame, ferment, foment, ginger, ginger up, goad, goad on, hound, hound on, incite, inflame, instigate, jockey into, lash, prod, provoke, rouse, set on, sting, stir up, tempt, warm up, whip up), istemek (ask, ask for, be spoiling for, bespeak, call for, call on, call upon, choose, claim, court, demand, desire, enjoin, exact, fancy, hanker, hope, intend, invite, like, long, request, require, requisition, seek, sue for, want, will, wish), dilemek (beg, beseech, call down, desire, plead, will, wish), davetkâr konuşmak, baştan çıkarmaya çalışmak, asılmak (accost, be suspended, hang, hang down, hang on, make advances to smb., philander, pull, rush, swing, tug, wrench), ısrarla istemek (exact, importune). (various references) випрошувати (cadge), наполегливо прохати, підбурювати (abet, agitate, encourage, incite, instigate, prickle, prod), домагатися (aim, angle, aspire, busk, canvass, come after, covet, cry for, exact, get, go after, hunt for, obtain, pursue, woo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ambiebat, ambiens, ambio + inf, ambitu, ambitum, ambiunt, appellabatur, appellabit, appellabitur, appellant, appellante, appellaretur, appellaris, appellasset, appellasti, appellata, appellatae, appellati, appellatum, appellatur, appellatus, appellaverunt, appellavit, appellavitque, appelleris, solicitare. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 11, Verse 53 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | LegontoV de autou tauta proV autouV hrxanto oi grammateiV kai oi farisaioi deinwV enecein kai apostomatizein auton peri pleionwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Cum haec ad illos diceret coeperunt Pharisaei et legis periti graviter insistere et os eius opprimere de multis |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þa he him þis to cwæð: þa ongunnun ða farisei and þa ægleawan hefilice him agen standan and his muð dyttan |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And whanne he seide these thingis to hem, the Farisees and wise men of lawe bigunnen greuousli to ayenstonde, and stoppe his mouth of many thingis, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | When he thus spake vnto them the lawears and the Pharises began to wexe busye about him and to stop his mouth with many questions |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to solicit him to speak of many things; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And when he had come out of that place, the scribes and the Pharisees came round him angrily, questioning him about more things; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 11, Verse 53 |
| Cebuano | Ug sa nakapahawa siya didto, ang mga escriba ug mga Fariseo misugod sa paglisudlisud kaniya, ug sa paghagit kaniya sa pagpamulong bahin sa daghang mga butang, |
| Croatian | Kad Isus izaðe odande, stadoše pismoznanci i farizeji žestoko na nj navaljivati i postavljati mu mnoga pitanja |
| Danish | Og da han var gået ud derfra, begyndte de skriftkloge og Farisæerne at trænge stærkt ind på ham og at lokke Ord af hans Mund om flere Ting; |
| Dutch | En als Hij deze dingen tot hen zeide, begonnen de Schriftgeleerden en Farizeen hard aan te houden, en Hem van vele dingen te doen spreken; |
| Finnish | Ja hänen sieltä lähtiessään kirjanoppineet ja fariseukset rupesivat kovasti ahdistamaan häntä ja urkkimaan häneltä moninaisia, |
| French | Quand il fut sorti de l , les scribes et les pharisiens commencèrent le presser violemment, et le faire parler sur beaucoup de choses, |
| German | Da er aber solches zu ihnen sagte, fingen an die Schriftgelehrten und Pharisäer, hart auf ihn zu dringen und ihm mit mancherlei Fragen zuzusetzen, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ketika Yesus meninggalkan tempat itu, guru-guru agama dan orang-orang Farisi mengecam Yesus dengan keras. Mereka mulai memancing-mancing Dia supaya Ia mau berbicara mengenai banyak hal. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Setelah Yesus keluar dari sana, maka ahli Taurat dan orang Parisi itu pun mulailah menyusahkan Dia, dan mengusik di dalam beberapa hal; |
| Italian | Quando fu uscito di l , gli scribi e i farisei cominciarono a trattarlo ostilmente e a farlo parlare su molti argomenti, |
| Manx Gaelic | As tra v'eh er ghra ny reddyn shoh roo, ren ny scrudeyryn as ny Phariseeyn toshiaght dy eginaghey, as dy ghreinnaghey eh dy loayrt jeh ymmodee reddyn: |
| Maori | Na, i tona putanga mai ki waho, ka timata te tohetohe kaha a nga karaipi, a nga Parihi ki a ia, he mea kia maha atu ai ana korero: |
| Norwegian | Og da han gikk ut derfra, begynte de skriftlærde og fariseerne å trenge hårdt inn på ham og å spørre ham ut om mangt og meget, |
| Portuguese | Ao sair ele dali, começaram os escribas e os fariseus a apertá-lo fortemente, e a interrogá-lo acerca de muitas coisas, |
| Rumanian | Dupq ce a iewit de acolo, cqrturarii wi Fariseii au knceput sq -L punq la strkmtoare, wi sq -L facq sq vorbeascq despre multe lucruri; |
| Russian | лПЗ"Б пО ЗПЧПТЙМ ЙН ЬФП, ЛОЙЦОЙЛЙ Й ЖБТЙУЕЙ ОБЮБМЙ УЙМШОП ТЙУФХ БФШ Л оЕНХ, ЧЩОХЦ"БС Х оЕЗП ПФЧЕФЩ ОБ НОПЗПЕ, |
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| Swahili | Alipokuwa akitoka pale, wale Mafarisayo na walimu wa Sheria wakaanza kumshambulia vikali na kumsonga kwa maswali mengi |
| Swedish | När han inför allt folket sade detta till dem, blevo fariséerna och de lagkloke mycket förbittrade och gåvo sig i strid med honom om många stycken; |
| Uma | Malai-imi Yesus ngkai ree. Pai' ntepu'u tempo toe, gigi mpu'u-mi nono-ra guru agama pai' to Parisi. Toe pai' rapemai-mai-i hante wori' nyala pompekunea' -ra, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "solicit": solicitant, solicitants, solicitation, solicitations, solicited, soliciting, solicitor, solicitors, solicitorship, solicitorships, solicitous, solicitously, solicitousness, solicitousnesses, solicits, solicitude, solicitudes. (additional references) | |
Words containing "solicit": oversolicitous, unsolicited. (additional references) | |
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"Solicit" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: asolectin, Coliditz, Sailcat, Salicin, Salifit, salsiccia, silicet, Silicott, Siwicki, slicit, Solcia, solic, solicate, solice, solicite, solicity, solict, solictic, soliicit, sollect, sollice, sollicit. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "solicit" (pronounced suli"sut) |
| 6 | -u l i" s u t | elicit. |
| 5 | -l i" s u t | complicit, explicit, illicit, implicit. |
| 3 | -s u t | Basset, corset, cosset, deficit, dulcet, facet, faucet, knesset, Lancet, russet, tacit. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: colitis. | |
| Words within the letters "c-i-i-l-o-s-t" | |
-2 letters: clits, clots, coils, colts, licit, lotic, stoic, toils. | |
-3 letters: cist, clit, clot, coil, cols, colt, cost, cots, list, lits, loci, lost, loti, lots, oils, otic, scot, silo, silt, slit, slot, soil, soli, tics, tils, toil. | |
-4 letters: cis, col, cos, cot, its, lis, lit, lot, oil, sic, sit, sol, sot, tic, til, tis. | |
-5 letters: is. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-i-i-l-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: clitoris, coistril, colistin, colpitis, holistic, logistic, politics, psilotic, sciolist, solicits. | |
+2 letters: coistrils, colistins, colitises, diastolic, elicitors, floristic, idiolects, logistics, pisolitic, politicks, politicos, sciolists, scoliotic, silicotic, socialist, socialite, sociality, solicited, solicitor, wholistic. | |
+3 letters: antisocial, bibliotics, ciliations, clintonias, clitorides, clitorises, clostridia, coalitions, coloristic, colpitises, cotillions, docilities, egoistical, eulogistic, felicitous, histologic, historical, homiletics, inflictors, isoplethic, licentious, localities, logistical, microliths, moralistic, niccolites, novelistic, occipitals, octillions, phlogistic, piccoloist, pictorials, plications, polemicist, politicise, politicoes, populistic, postexilic, proclitics, punctilios, relictions, sciolistic, silicotics, socialists, socialites, solecistic, solicitant, soliciting, solicitors, solicitous, solicitude, totalistic, velocities, vocalities. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6F 6C 69 63 69 74 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101111 01101100 01101001 01100011 01101001 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S o l i c i t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006F 006C 0069 0063 0069 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53817875697586 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Quotations: Speeches 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Translations: Ancient | 13. Bible Trace 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Orthography 18. Bibliography |
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