solicit

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To ask for or try to obtain something, such as help, money, or opinions.

   The charity solicited donations from local businesses.

2. 2
   verb

   To try to persuade someone to do something, especially something wrong.

   They were accused of soliciting their colleagues to destroy the documents.

3. 3
   verb

   To offer or ask for sex in exchange for payment.

   She was arrested for soliciting on the street.

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”).

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