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solicit
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[səˈlɪsɪt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone
(e.g: he called a meeting to solicit their views)
- accost someone and offer one's or someone else's services as a prostitute
(e.g: he met her while she was soliciting in Soho)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Old French solliciter, from Latin sollicitare ‘agitate’, from sollicitus ‘anxious’, from sollus ‘entire’ + citus (past participle of ciere ‘set in motion’)
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