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solicit

səˈlɪsɪt
WordNet
Satirical depiction of a Spanish captain soliciting to the left, with a huge millstone collar around the neck. The print is part of a series of twelve prints with fools.
Satirical depiction of a Spanish captain soliciting to the left, with a huge millstone collar around the neck. The print is part of a series of twelve prints with fools.
  1. (v) solicit
    make a solicitation or petition for something desired "She is too shy to solicit"
  2. (v) solicit
    incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents"
  3. (v) solicit
    approach with an offer of sexual favors "he was solicited by a prostitute","The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
  4. (v) solicit
    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"
  5. (v) solicit
    make amorous advances towards "John is courting Mary"
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Solicit
    To awake or excite to action; to rouse desire in; to summon; to appeal to; to invite. "That fruit . . . solicited her longing eye.", "Sounds and some tangible qualities solicit their proper senses, and force an entrance to the mind."
  2. Solicit
    To disturb; to disquiet; -- a Latinism rarely used. "Hath any ill solicited thine ears?", "But anxious fears solicit my weak breast."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. solicit
    To arouse or excite to action; summon; invite; tempt; allure; entice.
  2. solicit
    In criminal law:
  3. solicit
    To incite (another) to commit a crime.
  4. solicit
    To entice (a man) in a public place: said of a prostitute.
  5. solicit
    To endeavor to bias or influence by the offer of a bribe.
  6. solicit
    To disturb; disquiet; make anxious.
  7. solicit
    To seek to obtain; strive after, especially by pleading; ask (a thing) with some degree of earnestness or persistency: as, to solicit an office or a favor; to solicit orders.
  8. solicit
    To petition or ask (a person) with some degree of earnestness or persistency; make petition to.
  9. solicit
    To advocate; plead; enforce the claims of; act as solicitor or advocate for or with reference to.
  10. solicit
    Synonyms and
  11. solicit
    Request, Beg, etc. (see ask), press, urge, pray, plead for or with, sue for.
  12. solicit
    To make solicitation.
  13. (n) solicit
    Solicitation; request.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (v.t) Solicit
    sō-lis′it to ask earnestly: to petition: to seek or try to obtain: to disturb
  2. (n) Solicit
    solicitation
Quotations
Daniel Webster
Labor in this country is independent and proud. It has not to ask the patronage of capital, but capital solicits the aid of labor.
Daniel Webster
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 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

Usage in the news

Hamer, 44, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Hennepin County District Court to soliciting children for sex. startribune.com

Whether you are solicited by phone, mail and email or in person, BBB suggests that you remember to ask who wants your money. idahostatesman.com

Table hosts encourage conversation and solicit prayer requests. goerie.com

Bloomberg Businessweek has an interesting look inside the Obama spam factory, where a tidal wave of email solicitations for campaign donations was unleashed against anyone whose email address fell into their clutches. humanevents.com

When the Indy originally solicited Durham Bulls outfielder Fernando Perez to write something about a Bull's life in Durham, he said he was too busy. indyweek.com

Bob Bashara had been busy behind bars trying to resolve a solicitation of murder charge. clickondetroit.com

Bob Bashara pleads guilty to solicitation of murder charge. clickondetroit.com

He is accused of soliciting and receiving bribes from a health insurance broker for his influence over a no-bid school district contract. nj.com

Angela Robitaille, 35, was charged with criminal solicitation for assault and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. blog.al.com

Nor is it an exercise to solicit our opinion on some issue. leaderunion.com

This person is in charge of soliciting all underwriters for KDNK. kdnk.org

He had been arrested more than 50 times for solicitation, and beaten up more times than he could count. appeal-democrat.com

The Clallam County Sheriff's Office is advising local residents that a company is conducting an unsanctioned telephone solicitation campaign seeking donations. sequimgazette.com

The Clallam County Sheriff's Office is advising local citizens that a company is conducting an unsanctioned telephone solicitation campaign seeking donations from unsuspecting citizen. sequimgazette.com

Ex-Melissa mayor to ' vigorously fight' charge that he solicited $70,000 bribe to help broker seeking to develop land. dallasnews.com

Usage in scientific papers

This is perhaps the most dominant model in the early days of Web 2.0, when sites like del.icio.us and Flickr were just starting, and they were all soliciting users’ profiles and social connections on their own.
SocialScope: Enabling Information Discovery on Social Content Sites

An arriving node is allocated neighbors among the active participating nodes10 , which accept the solicited connection unless they have already reached their maximum number of neighbors.
Subspace Properties of Network Coding and their Applications

Acknowledgements: This paper has been supported by the Polish Ministry of Scientific Research and Information Technology under the (solicited) grant No.
Quantum Game Theory in Finance

In the last few issues articles were solicited by myself.
Matters of Gravity, the newsletter of the Topical Group in Gravitation of the American Physical Society

Even though feedback from all the speakers in the workshop has been solicited in composing this summary, any ommisions or unnintentional unbalance is ultimately the responsability of the organizers.
Spin-Hall effect: Back to the Beginning on a Higher Level

Usage in literature

It was observed that Napoleon was always solicitous to have Josephine on his side. "Hortense, Makers of History Series" by John S. C. Abbott

Finally she yields to his soft solicitations, and her prospects are forever blighted. "Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations" by William Howe

The Prince of Eckmuhl solicited peace. "Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II" by Pierre Antoine Edouard Fleury de Chaboulon

Mayo shook hands with the solicitous fisherman in rather dreamy and indifferent fashion. "Blow The Man Down" by Holman Day

The lady would probably begin by soliciting his intimacy, which on board ship he could hardly refuse. "An Old Man's Love" by Anthony Trollope

A few months before he was, we have seen, soliciting the Earl for a change of employment. "Sir Walter Ralegh" by William Stebbing

Poor Garth, anxiously watching her, almost burst with suppressed solicitousness. "Two on the Trail" by Hulbert Footner

Still the hour advanced, and I sent a note by her attendant, soliciting an interview. "Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 356, June, 1845" by Various

Remonstrance, entreaty, threats, solicitations, were equally unavailing. "Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2)" by John Roby

Mr Barker gave Mr Montefiore a letter to Lord Dudley, soliciting the post of consul-general. "Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I" by Sir Moses Montefiore

Usage in poetry
Firmly resolv'd, his pen he takes;
Solicits aid sublime:
Then crams himself into a jakes,
To try his hand at rhyme.
Solicitous for others' ends,
Though fond of dear repose;
Careless or drowsy with my friends,
And frolic with my foes.
And yet, with all these facts at hand,
How friends, solicitous are we,
Weaving with care the silken band
As though 'twas for eternity.
Fain would I shake thee off, but weak am I
Thy strong solicitations to withstand.
Plenty of work lies ready to my hand,
Which rests irresolute, and lets it lie.
If her request his ears should greet,
He finds denial vastly sweet:
For self-importance would be wanted,
Were her solicitations granted.
For power and beauty, and your shoes,
Are not to lie by, but to use.
"The Court Retainers, Sir, abound;
Places for not one-third are found.
The vermin hatch, and become pests,
Sooner than we can find them nests.
Then let solicitations end--
No nest is vacant for your friend."