meaning of solicits

1. To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.
2.
To endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for; as, to solicit an office; to solicit a favor.
3.
To awake or excite to action; to rouse desire in; to summon; to appeal to; to invite.
4.
To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to.
5.
To disturb; to disquiet; -- a Latinism rarely used.
6.
make a solicitation or petition for something desired; "She is too shy to ">solicit"


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