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  • 31solicit — so·lic·it /sə li sət/ vt 1: to make petition to solicit the court 2: to ask, induce, advise, or command (a person) to do something and esp. to commit a crime compare coerce, importune …

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  • 32aspire to — index intend, pursue (strive to gain) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 33be bent upon — index desire, pursue (strive to gain) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 34be determined to get — index pursue (strive to gain) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 35be intent upon — index pursue (strive to gain) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 36consectari — index hunt, pursue (chase), pursue (strive to gain) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 37covet — index desire, pursue (strive to gain) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 38desire — de·sire vt de·sired, de·sir·ing: to wish for earnestly see also precatory ◇ Courts have variously interpreted desire in wills to indicate either a direction of the testator that must be followed or merely an expression of what the testator hoped… …

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  • 39exert oneself for — index pursue (strive to gain) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 40intend — in·tend /in tend/ vt: to have in one s mind as a purpose or goal did not intend to kill her Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. intend …

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