- Beseeches
- Calls for
- Calls upon
- Demands
- Enquires
- Inquires
- Invites
- Seeks (opinions)
- Solicits votes for paintings, by the sound of it
- Asks for alms
- Asks for food or money
- Entreats
- Implores
- Prays, for example, in Baptist synagogue initially
- Seeks alms
- Seeks charity