solicit

pronunciation

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  • Verb:
    make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
    make amorous advances towards
    approach with an offer of sexual favors
    incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination
    make a solicitation or petition for something desired

Word Origin

solicit
solicit: [15] The ultimate source of solicit is Latin sollicitus ‘agitated’, which also gave English solicitous [16]. It was a compound adjective, formed from sollus ‘whole’ (source also of English solemn) and citus, the past participle of ciēre ‘move’ (source of English cite, excite, etc) – hence literally ‘completely moved’.From it was formed the verb sollicitāre ‘disturb, agitate’, which passed into English via Old French solliciter. By the time it arrived it had acquired the additional meaning ‘manage affairs’, which lies behind the derived solicitor [15]; and the original ‘disturb’ (which has since died out) gave rise in the 16th century to ‘trouble with requests’. French insouciant, borrowed by English in the 19th century, goes back ultimately to Latin sollicitāre.=> cite, excite, incite, insouciant, solemn, solid
solicit (v.)
early 15c., "to disturb, trouble," from Middle French soliciter (14c.), from Latin sollicitare "to disturb, rouse, trouble, harass; stimulate, provoke," from sollicitus "agitated," from sollus "whole, entire" + citus "aroused," past participle of ciere "shake, excite, set in motion" (see cite). Related: Solicited; soliciting. Meaning "entreat, petition" is from 1520s. Meaning "to further (business affairs)" evolved mid-15c. from Middle French sense of "manage affairs." The sexual sense (often in reference to prostitutes) is attested from 1710, probably from a merger of the business sense and an earlier sense of "to court or beg the favor of" (a woman), attested from 1590s.

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Example

1. Actively solicit good and bad feedback .
2. The ministry said that it would solicit public opinion until february 6 .
3. Burger king has a 40-day " go shop " period to solicit other offers .
4. In some cases , they 've even used public forums to solicit advice from one another .
5. Given its economic problems europe might be expected to solicit visitors .

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