v.
(solicits, soliciting, solicited)
- ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone.
▸ask (someone) for something.
- accost someone and offer one's or someone else's services as a prostitute.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. solliciter, from L. sollicitare ‘agitate’, from sollicitus ‘anxious’, from sollus ‘entire’ + citus (past part. of ciere ‘set in motion’).