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soliciting - 2 dictionary results

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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