2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Solicit \So*lic"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Solicited}; p. pr &
vb n. {Soliciting}.] [F. sollicier L. sollicitare
solicitare, -atum, fr sollicitus wholly (i. e., violently)
moved sollus whole + citus, p. p. of ciere to move excite.
See {Solemn}, {Cite}.]
1. To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to to
apply to for obtaining something as to solicit person
for alms.
Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me?
--Milton.
2. To endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for as to
solicit an office; to solicit a favor.
I view my crime, but kindle at the view, Repent old
pleasures, and solicit new --Pope.
3. To awake or excite to action to rouse desire in to
summon; to appeal to to invite.
That fruit . . . solicited her longing eye.
--Milton.
Sounds and some tangible qualities solicit their
proper senses and force an entrance to the mind.
--Locke.
4. To urge the claims of to plead; to act as solicitor for
or with reference to [Obs.]
Should My brother henceforth study to forget The vow
that he hath made thee, I would ever Solicit thy
deserts. --Ford.
5. To disturb; to disquiet; -- a Latinism rarely used
Hath any ill solicited thine ears? --Chapman.
But anxious fears solicit my weak breast. --Dryden.
Syn: Syn. To beseech; ask request; crave; supplicate;
entreat; beg; implore; importune. See {Beseech}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
solicit
v 1: make a solicitation or entreaty for something request
urgently [syn: {beg}, {tap}]
2: make amorous advances towards; "john is courting Mary" [syn:
{woo}, {court}, {romance}]
3: offer one's body for sex in return for money; "he was
solicited by a prostitute" [syn: {accost}]
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