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Solicit
Definitions
- 1 Solicitation. archaic
"(1) How many male or female students are named (or otherwise identified) in the context of a solicit? (2) How many words of a solicit are directed to a particular student?"
- 1 To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event. transitive
"to solicit alms, or a favour"
- 2 make a solicitation or petition for something desired wordnet
- 3 To woo; to court. transitive
"American railroads are not permitted to operate long-haul road routes, but the I.C.C. decision of 1954 did permit them to solicit trailer business in, say, New York for Chicago provided the trailer was piggybacked in between."
- 4 incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination wordnet
- 5 To persuade or incite one to commit some act, especially illegal or sexual behavior. transitive
"That fruit […] sollicited her longing eye."
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- 6 approach with an offer of sexual favors wordnet
- 7 To offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment. transitive
"My girlfriend tried to solicit me for sex, but I was tired."
- 8 make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently wordnet
- 9 To make a petition.
- 10 make amorous advances towards wordnet
- 11 To disturb or trouble; to harass. archaic, transitive
- 12 To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to. transitive
"Should My brother henceforth study to forget The vow that he hath made thee, I would ever Solicit thy deserts."
- 13 To disturb; to disquiet. obsolete, rare, transitive
"1611-1615, George Chapman, Iliad, Book XVI Hath any ill solicited thine ears?"
Etymology
From Middle English soliciten, solliciten, from Old French soliciter, solliciter, borrowed from Latin sollicitō (“stir, disturb; look after”), from sollicitus (“agitated, anxious, punctilious”, literally “thoroughly moved”), from sollus (“whole, entire”) + perfect passive participle of cieō (“shake, excite, cite, to put in motion”).
From Middle English soliciten, solliciten, from Old French soliciter, solliciter, borrowed from Latin sollicitō (“stir, disturb; look after”), from sollicitus (“agitated, anxious, punctilious”, literally “thoroughly moved”), from sollus (“whole, entire”) + perfect passive participle of cieō (“shake, excite, cite, to put in motion”).
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