Solicit

Definition of Solicit

So`lic´it

v. t.	1.	To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms. [imp. & p. p. Solicited; p. pr. & vb. n. Soliciting.] Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me? - Milton.
	2.	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.
	3.	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.
	4.	To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to. Should My brother henceforth study to forget The vow that he hath made thee, I would ever Solicit thy deserts. - Ford.
	5.	To disturb; to disquiet; - a Latinism rarely used. Hath any ill solicited thine ears? - Chapman. But anxious fears solicit my weak breast. - Dryden.

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