solicit

 
Pronunciation: /səˈlɪsɪt/

verb (solicits, soliciting, solicited)

  • 1 [with object] ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone: he called a meeting to solicit their views [no object]: don’t solicit for money
  • ask (someone) for something: historians and critics are solicited for opinions by the auction houses
  • 2 [no object] accost someone and offer one’s or someone else’s services as a prostitute: (as noun soliciting) although prostitution was not itself an offence, soliciting was

Derivatives

solicitation

Pronunciation: /-ˈteɪʃ(ə)n/
noun

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French solliciter, from Latin sollicitare 'agitate', from sollicitus 'anxious', from sollus 'entire' + citus (past participle of ciere 'set in motion')

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