solicitation

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

Also spelled sollicitations

US /səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən/ UK /səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the act of asking for or trying to obtain something earnestly

The charity sent out a solicitation for year-end donations.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the act of asking for or... entreaty appeal request petition pleacanvassingimportunity

Word family

Related forms solicit solicitor

Etymology

From Old French solicitation, from Latin sollicitātiō ('an inciting, instigation'), from sollicitāre ('to disturb, urge, entice'), from sollicitus ('agitated, anxious'), from sollus ('whole') + citus ('aroused', past participle of ciēre 'to move').

sollicitātiō Latin sollicitus Latin ciēre Latin

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Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# solicitation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /səˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən/

## Meanings
1. the act of asking for or trying to obtain something earnestly

## Examples
- The charity sent out a solicitation for year-end donations.

## Synonyms
- entreaty
- appeal
- request
- petition
- plea
- canvassing
- importunity

## Related Forms
- solicit
- solicitor

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: sollicitātiō
- Root: sollicitus
- Root: ciēre

## Etymology
From Old French solicitation, from Latin sollicitātiō ('an inciting, instigation'), from sollicitāre ('to disturb, urge, entice'), from sollicitus ('agitated, anxious'), from sollus ('whole') + citus ('aroused', past participle of ciēre 'to move').

## AI Etymology
Solicitation comes from Old French solicitation, from Latin sollicitātiō ('an inciting, instigation'), from sollicitāre ('to disturb, urge, entice'), from sollicitus ('agitated, anxious'), from sollus ('whole') + citus ('aroused', past participle of ciēre 'to move'). The historical chain includes Latin sollicitātiō, Latin sollicitus, and Latin ciēre. The quoted older senses, "an inciting, instigation", "to disturb, urge, entice", "agitated, anxious", "whole", and "aroused", supply the semantic anchors for solicitation. The formation is best read as compound, participial, and borrowed: the word solicitation carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "the act of asking for or trying to obtain something earnestly". Related English forms include solicit and solicitor. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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