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so⋅lic⋅it

  [suh-lis-it]
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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, esp. 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.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME soliciten < MF solliciter < L sollicitāre to excite, agitate, deriv. of sollicitus troubled (soll(us) whole + -i- -i- + citus, ptp. of ciēre to arouse)

Synonyms:
2. beseech, beg. 3. excite, arouse, provoke.
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so·lic·it   (sə-lĭs'ĭt)   
v.   so·lic·it·ed, so·lic·it·ing, so·lic·its

v.   tr.
  1. To seek to obtain by persuasion, entreaty, or formal application: a candidate who solicited votes among the factory workers.
  2. To petition persistently; importune: solicited the neighbors for donations.
  3. To entice or incite to evil or illegal action.
  4. To approach or accost (a person) with an offer of sexual services.
v.   intr.
  1. To make solicitation or petition for something desired.
  2. To approach or accost someone with an offer of sexual services in return for payment.

[Middle English soliciten, to disturb, from Old French solliciter, from Latin sollicitāre, from sollicitus, troubled; see solicitous.]
so·lic'i·ta'tion n.
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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.
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Language Translation for : solicit
Spanish: solicitar, pedir, exigir,
German: dringend bitten,
Japanese: 求める
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solicit 
c.1422, "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 c.1450 from M.Fr. sense of "manage affairs." The sexual sense (often in ref. 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 1591.
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Main Entry: so·lic·it
Pronunciation: s&-'li-s&t
Function: transitive verb
1 : to make petition to <solicit the court>
2 : to ask, induce, advise, or command (a person) to do something and esp. to commit a crime —compare COERCE, IMPORTUNE
3 : to attempt to persuade (a person) to purchase something
4 : to attempt to bring about or obtain by soliciting a person <solicit bribes> intransitive verb 1 : to make solicitation
2 of a prostitute : to offer to have sexual relations with someone for money
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