Solicit
[sə'lɪsɪt]
Definition
(verb.) make a solicitation or petition for something desired; 'She is too shy to solicit'.
(verb.) incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination; 'He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents'.
(verb.) make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; 'Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce'; 'My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities'.
Editor: Nettie--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.
(v. t.) To endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for; as, to solicit an office; to solicit a favor.
(v. t.) To awake or excite to action; to rouse desire in; to summon; to appeal to; to invite.
(v. t.) To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to.
(v. t.) To disturb; to disquiet; -- a Latinism rarely used.
Editor: Woodrow
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Ask (earnestly), request (urgently), entreat, beg, pray, implore, crave, importune, beseech, supplicate, petition, conjure, press, urge, appeal to.[2]. Invite, summon.
Edited by Ethelred
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Entreat, beg, urge, pray, ask, crave, implore, importune
ANT:Demand, require, exact, claim
Editor: Nettie
Definition
v.t. to ask earnestly: to petition: to seek or try to obtain: to disturb.—n. solicitation.—ns. Solic′itant one who solicits; Solicitā′tion a soliciting: earnest request: invitation; Solic′iting (Shak.) solicitation; Solic′itor one who asks earnestly: one who is legally qualified to act for another in a court of law esp. a court of equity: a lawyer who prepares deeds manages cases instructs counsel in the superior courts and acts as an advocate in the inferior courts; Solic′itor-gen′eral in England the law-officer of the crown next in rank to the attorney-general—in Scotland to the lord-advocate; Solic′itorship.—adj. Solic′itous soliciting or earnestly asking or desiring: very desirous: anxious: careful.—adv. Solic′itously.—ns. Solic′itousness Solic′itude state of being solicitous: anxiety or uneasiness of mind: trouble.
Typist: Rosa
Examples
- We do not solicit donations in locations where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The Rushworths were the only addition to his own domestic circle which he could solicit. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Fanny's heart beat quick, and she felt quite unequal to surmising or soliciting anything more. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Unwilling to make myself disagreeable to my fellow-citizens by too frequently soliciting their contributions, I absolutely refused. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- And old Madam Reed, or the Misses, her daughters, will be solicited by you to seek a place, I suppose? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Last night, on being childishly solicited for twopence, to buy 'lemon-stunners'--a local sweetmeat--he presented an oyster-knife at the twins! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- You read, in its soft yet eager expression, that it solicited clearer replies. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Could they turn from their door one, however monstrous, who solicited their compassion and friendship? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The latest Paris fashions have arrived, and orders are respectfully solicited. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It has been solicited on the gentleman's part, but none has been made. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- This reply, so characteristic of the manner in which Government _employés_ generally regard anything new to which their attention is solicited, completely disheartened Mr. Ronalds. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
Typist: Miranda