Solicit

Definition:

  • (v. t.) To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.
  • (v. t.) To endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for; as, to solicit an office; to solicit a favor.
  • (v. t.) To awake or excite to action; to rouse desire in; to summon; to appeal to; to invite.
  • (v. t.) To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to.
  • (v. t.) To disturb; to disquiet; -- a Latinism rarely used.

Compare solicit with other words:

consult vs. solicit

content vs. solicit

desire vs. solicit

solicit vs. summon

advocate vs. solicit

claim vs. solicit

entice vs. solicit

recruit vs. solicit

implore vs. solicit

solicit vs. solicitate

elicit vs. solicit

solicit vs. wish

solicit vs. suitor

entreat vs. solicit

solicit vs. suppliant

beseech vs. solicit

canvass vs. solicit

bespeak vs. solicit

invoke vs. solicit

barker vs. solicit

solicit vs. solicitude

solicit vs. solicitous

solicit vs. supplicate

appeal vs. solicit

request vs. solicit

disquiet vs. solicit

plead vs. solicit

harass vs. solicit

disturb vs. solicit

payment vs. solicit

petition vs. solicit

incite vs. solicit

court vs. solicit

solicit vs. woo

endeavor vs. solicit

solicit vs. solicitor

pray vs. solicit

busk vs. solicit

pimp vs. solicit

move vs. solicit

seek vs. solicit

accost vs. solicit