urgent+solicitation

  • 1solicitation — so·lic·i·ta·tion /sə ˌli sə tā shən/ n: an act or practice or an instance of soliciting solicitation of a proxy for a shareholder vote; specif: the crime of soliciting someone to commit a crime (as murder) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law.… …

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  • 2solicitation — Asking; enticing; urgent request. The inchoate offense of requesting or encouraging someone to engage in illegal conduct. Any action which the relation of the parties justifies in construing into a serious request. Thus solicitation of… …

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  • 3urgent — urgently, adv. /err jeuhnt/, adj. 1. compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing: an urgent matter. 2. insistent or earnest in solicitation; importunate, as a person: an urgent pleader. 3. expressed with insistence …

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  • 4urgent — ur•gent [[t]ˈɜr dʒənt[/t]] adj. 1) compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing 2) insistent or earnest in solicitation; importunate 3) expressed with insistence • Etymology: 1490–1500; < L urgent , s. of urgēns …

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  • 5urgent — /ˈɜdʒənt / (say erjuhnt) adjective 1. pressing; compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative. 2. insistent or earnest in solicitation; importunate, as a person. 3. expressed with insistence, as requests or appeals. {Latin… …

  • 6Mexico — • Situated at the extreme point of the North American continent, bounded on the north by the United States, on the east by the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, British Honduras, and Guatemala, and on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean… …

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  • 7pressing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. critical, important, urgent; exacting, demanding; persistent. See importance. Ant., casual, unimportant. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. importunate, constraining, grave; see important , urgent 1 . III… …

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  • 8instance — I. n. 1. Solicitation, request, prompting, instigation, incitement, impulse. 2. Urgency, urgent solicitation, importunity, persistent pressure. 3. Example, exemplification, illustration, case. II. v. a. Mention (as an instance), bring forward as… …

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  • 9Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully — Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully (December 13, 1560 ndash; December 22, 1641) was the doughty soldier, French minister, staunch Huguenot and faithful right hand man who assisted Henry IV of France in the rule of France.BiographyHe was born at …

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  • 10Socrates — • Fourth century Church historian • Greek philosopher (469 399 B.C.) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Socrates     ♦ Socrates …

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