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verb (used with object)
1.
to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
2.
to entreat or petition (someone or some agency): to solicit the committee for funds.
3.
to seek to influence or incite to action, especially unlawful or wrong action.
4.
to offer to have sex with in exchange for money.
verb (used without object)
5.
to make a petition or request, as for something desired.
6.
to solicit orders or trade, as for a business: No soliciting allowed in this building.
7.
to offer to have sex with someone in exchange for money.
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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English soliciten < Middle French solliciter < Latin sollicitāre to excite, agitate, derivative of sollicitus troubled (soll(us) whole + -i- -i- + citus, past participle of ciēre to arouse)
1400–50; late Middle English soliciten < Middle French solliciter < Latin sollicitāre to excite, agitate, derivative of sollicitus troubled (soll(us) whole + -i- -i- + citus, past participle of ciēre to arouse)
Related forms
pre·so·lic·it, verb (used with object)
re·so·lic·it, verb
su·per·so·lic·it, verb
un·so·lic·it·ed, adjective
Synonyms
2. beseech, beg. 3. excite, arouse, provoke.
2. beseech, beg. 3. excite, arouse, provoke.
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Word Origin & History
solicit
early 15c., "to disturb, trouble," from M.Fr. soliciter, from L. solicitare "to disturb, rouse," from sollicitus "agitated," from sollus "whole, entire" + citus "aroused," pp. of ciere "shake, excite, set in motion" (see cite). Meaning "to further (business affairs)" evolved
EXPANDmid-15c. from M.Fr. sense of "manage affairs." The sexual sense (often in reference to prostitutes) is attested from 1701, probably from a merger of the business sense and an earlier sense of "to court or beg the favor of" (a woman), attested from 1590s.
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