| Solicit 1. (v. t.) To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms. 2. (v. t.) To endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for; as, to solicit an office; to solicit a favor. 3. (v. t.) To awake or excite to action; to rouse desire in; to summon; to appeal to; to invite. 4. (v. t.) To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to. 5. (v. t.) To disturb; to disquiet; -- a Latinism rarely used. Thesaurus Entries accost, address, angle for, appeal to, apply, approach, ask, ask for, beg, beseech, bespeak, bid for, call, call on, call upon, canvass, challenge, claim, court, crave, demand, desire, drum, entice, entreat, exact, fish for, go, hustle, implore, importune, look for, lure, make a pass, make advances, make an overture, overture, pander to, petition, pop the question, postulate, pray, proposition, refer, request, require, requisition, resort, seek, sue, sue for, supplicate, throw a pass, turn, woo |