Definition of Solicit

1. Verb. Make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently. "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"

Exact synonyms: Beg, Tap
Generic synonyms: Bespeak, Call For, Quest, Request
Specialized synonyms: Quest, Canvas, Canvass, Buttonhole, Lobby
Derivative terms: Beggary, Solicitation, Solicitor

2. Verb. Make amorous advances towards. "Sam cannot solicit Sue "; "John is courting Mary"
Exact synonyms: Court, Romance, Woo
Generic synonyms: Act, Move
Specialized synonyms: Chase, Chase After, Display
Derivative terms: Courting, Romance, Romance, Wooer, Wooing

3. Verb. Approach with an offer of sexual favors. "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
Exact synonyms: Accost, Hook
Related verbs: Hook, Snare
Generic synonyms: Offer
Derivative terms: Solicitation

4. Verb. Incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination. "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents"
Generic synonyms: Cause, Get, Have, Induce, Make, Stimulate

5. Verb. Make a solicitation or petition for something desired. "She is too shy to solicit"
Generic synonyms: Ask

Definition of Solicit

1. v. t. To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.

Definition of Solicit

1. Verb. To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event. ¹

2. Verb. To woo; to court. ¹

3. Verb. To persuade or incite one to commit some act, especially illegal or sexual behavior. ¹

4. Verb. To offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment. ¹

5. Verb. To make a petition. ¹

6. Verb. (archaic) To disturb or trouble; to harass. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Solicit

1. to ask for earnestly [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Solicit

1. 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. "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) Synonym: To beseech, ask, request, crave, supplicate, entreat, beg, implore, importune. See Beseech. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Solicit

solfa syllable
solfanaria
solfatara
solfataras
solfege
solfeges
solfeggi
solfeggio
solfeggios
solferino
solferinos
solfrino cutter
solfrino cutters
solgel
soli
solicitant
solicitants
solicitate
solicitation
solicitations
solicited
solicitee
solicitees
soliciting
solicitor
solicitor-client privilege
solicitor general
solicitors
solicitorship

Literary usage of Solicit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the United States of America by Richard Hildreth (1880)
"Besides this business of buying out Lords Culpepper and Arlington, the commissioners were also instructed to solicit a royal charter for the colony, ..."

2. The Political Code of the State of California by California, Creed Haymond, John Chilton Burch (1874)
"Not to solicit without license. Vot to keep hotel without license. ... with intent to invite, ask, or solicit the boarding or lodging of any of the ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... President McKin- ley, immediately upon taking his seat, sent a commission to Europe to solicit co-operation in the restoration of silver to its former ..."

4. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"... and, had the privateers been there, I doubt not but success would have attended it, so I humbly solicit the honour of notice to this gallant officer. ..."

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