[
UK
/səlˈɪsɪt/
]
[ US /səˈɫɪsɪt/ ]
[ US /səˈɫɪsɪt/ ]
VERB
-
make amorous advances towards
John is courting Mary -
make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce
My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities -
approach with an offer of sexual favors
he was solicited by a prostitute
The young man was caught soliciting in the park -
make a solicitation or petition for something desired
She is too shy to solicit -
incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination
He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents
How To Use solicit In A Sentence
- Gulf War veterans fighting to prove hundreds of former servicemen have been crippled and killed by a mysterious syndrome caused by their time in the conflict have been dealt a massive blow - their own solicitors say the case is unprovable.
- A conveyancing solicitor isn't going to be much good for you. YESTERDAY'S SHADOW
- Solicitors taking a confrontational approach can often inflame the situation rather than calm it. Why Am I Afraid to Divorce?
- A glance at any probate casebook will demonstrate how often solicitous distant relatives, keen to do fetching and carrying as well as to sort out troublesome financial affairs, show up in the declining years of lonely old people.
- The documentation for this type of arrangement should be drawn up by a solicitor experienced in such matters.
- He was a solicitor and was using my room as a temporary convenience until his new premises were ready. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- The Act allows, for the first time, children to initiate proceedings and instruct a solicitor to make court applications independently.
- Solicitors who handle claimant personal injury claims are shocked. Times, Sunday Times
- A letter to Solicitor General Heath, stating that the King desires him to prepare grant of denization to Beaumont. The Records of the Virginia Company of London
- However, a solicitor is unlikely to be able to concentrate on advocacy as a barrister can.