Solicit

Solicit (solicit)
v. t.	(?)
So*lic"it
[imp. ** p. p.* Solicited] p. pr. ** vb. n.* Soliciting.] [F. sollicier, L. sollicitare, solicitare, -atum, fr. sollicitus wholly (i. e., violently) mo

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.

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.

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.

To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to.

[Obs.]

Should
My brother henceforth study to forget
The vow that he hath made thee, I would ever
Solicit thy deserts. Ford.

To disturb; to disquiet; -- a Latinism rarely used.

Hath any ill solicited thine ears? Chapman.

But anxious fears solicit my weak breast. Dryden.

Syn. To beseech; ask; request; crave; supplicate; entreat; beg; implore; importune. See Beseech.

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