Importune (7)
'importune' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for solicit that I've seen before include "Make request (for business etc)" , "Accost - request" , "Ask (favour)" , "Drum up business" , "Proposition" .)
'importune' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for ply that I've seen before include "Work steadily at, say trade" , "carry on" , "'Persist in offering, liquor say (3)'" , "Strand, of wool or wood, say" , "Travel a route regularly" .)
'importune' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for beg that I've seen before include "Implore, solicit" , "Ask humbly" , "Ask for as charity or gift" , "Implore or cadge" , "Get by any means - . . ., borrow or steal" .)