solicit
Plural: solicits
Verb
Verb Forms: solicited, soliciting, solicits
- To ask for or try to obtain something from someone.
- 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"
- make amorous advances towards
- approach with an offer of sexual favors
- "he was solicited by a prostitute"
- "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"
- incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination
- "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents"
- make a solicitation or petition for something desired
- "She is too shy to solicit"
- To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.
- To woo; to court.
- To persuade or incite one to commit some act, especially illegal or sexual behavior.
- To offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment.
- To make a petition.
- To disturb or trouble; to harass.
- To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to.
- To disturb; to disquiet.
Noun
- Solicitation.
Examples
- He would never solicit a hint from his opponent, even during a desperate Words With Friends game.
- If you want to lose your virginity, you should try to solicit some fine looking women.
- My girlfriend tried to solicit me for sex, but I was tired.
- to solicit alms, or a favour
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English soliciten, solliciten, from Old French soliciter, solliciter, from the present active participle of Latin sollicitō (“stir, disturb; look after”), from sollicitus (“agitated, anxious, punctilious”, literally “thoroughly moved”), from sollus (“whole, entire”) + perfect passive participle of cieō (“shake, excite, cite, to put in motion”).
Synonyms
accost, beg, court, hook, romance, tap, woo, address, appeal, plead, request, supplicate, thig, worry
Scrabble Score: 9
solicit: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsolicit: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
solicit: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary