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crowdsource

verb

  1. to solicit assistance from public
L226920 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

verb

Etymology: From crowd + source; more at crowdsourcing.

  1. To delegate a task to a large, diffuse group.

    And I sometimes “crowdsource,” asking for help in research from the Lexicographic Irregulars (like when I asked for sign-language suggestions for “thanks” and learned how the little Dutch boy felt when he pulled his finger out of the dike).