transcription, транскрипция: [ sə-ˈli-sət ]
verb
Etymology: Middle English, to disturb, promote, from Anglo-French solliciter, from Latin sollicitare to disturb, from sollicitus anxious, from sollus whole (from Oscan; akin to Greek holos whole) + citus, past participle of ciēre to move — more at safe , -kinesis
Date: 15th century
transitive verb
1.
a. : to make petition to : entreat
b. : to approach with a request or plea
solicit ed Congress for funding
2. : to urge (as one's cause) strongly
3.
a. : to entice or lure especially into evil
b. : to proposition (someone) especially as or in the character of a prostitute
4. : to try to obtain by usually urgent requests or pleas
solicit ed donations
intransitive verb
1. : to make solicitation : importune
2. of a prostitute : to offer to have sexual relations with someone for money
Synonyms: see ask