Solicit /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Solicited; p. pr. & vb. n. Soliciting

1. To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.

   Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me?

2. To endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for; as, to solicit an office; to solicit a favor.

   I view my crime, but kindle at the view, Repent old pleasures, and solicit new.

3. To awake or excite to action; to rouse desire in; to summon; to appeal to; to invite.

   That fruit . . . solicited her longing eye.

   Sounds and some tangible qualities solicit their proper senses, and force an entrance to the mind.

4. To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to. [Obs.]

   Should My brother henceforth study to forget The vow that he hath made thee, I would ever Solicit thy deserts.

5. To disturb; to disquiet; -- a Latinism rarely used.

   Hath any ill solicited thine ears?

   But anxious fears solicit my weak breast.