solicit
/səˈlɪsɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "to solicit alms, or a favour"
- "I view my crime, but kindle at the view, Repent old pleasures, and solicit new. Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me?"
- "American railroads are not permitted to operate long-haul road routes, but the I.C.C. decision of 1954 did permit them to solicit trailer business in, say, New York for Chicago provided the trailer was piggybacked in between."
- "That fruit […] sollicited her longing eye."
- "Sounds and some tangible qualities fail not to solicit their proper senses, and force an entrance to the mind."
- "If you want to lose your virginity, you should try to solicit some fine looking women."
Etymology
From Middle English soliciten, solliciten, from Old French soliciter, solliciter, borrowed from Latin sollicitō (“stir, disturb; look after”), from sollicitus (“agitated, anxious, punctilious”, literally “thoroughly moved”), from sollus (“whole, entire”) + perfect passive participle of cieō (“shake, excite, cite, to put in motion”).