solicitとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English soliciten, solliciten, from Old French soliciter, solliciter, from Latin sollicitāre, present active participle of sollicitō (“stir, disturb; look after”), from sollicitus (“agitated, anxious, punctilious”, literally “thoroughly moved”), from sollus (“whole, entire”) + perfect passive participle of cieō (“shake, excite, cite, to put in motion”).

発音

• enPR: sə-lĭs'ĭt
• IPA^(key): /səˈlɪsɪt/
• 韻: -ɪsɪt

動詞

solicit (三人称単数 現在形 solicits, 現在分詞 soliciting, 過去形および過去分詞形 solicited)

1. To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.

   to solicit alms, or a favour

   • 1717, Alexander Pope, Eloisa to Abelard:

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

     Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me?

2. To woo; to court.
3. To persuade or incite one to commit some act, especially illegal or sexual behavior.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book 8”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: Printed [by Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […] [a]nd by Robert Boulter […] [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: The Text Exactly Reproduced from the First Edition of 1667: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:

     That fruit […] sollicited her longing eye.

   • (Can we date this quote by John Locke かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

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

   If you want to lose your virginity, you should try to solicit some fine looking women.

4. To offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment.

   My girlfriend tried to solicit me for sex, but I was tired.

5. To make a petition.
6. (archaic) To disturb or trouble; to harass.
7. To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to.
   • (Can we date this quote by Ford かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

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

8. (obsolete, まれに) To disturb; to disquiet.
   • (Can we date this quote by Chapman かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     Hath any ill solicited thine ears?

   • (Can we date this quote by Dryden かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     But anxious fears solicit my weak breast.

同意語

• (to persistently endeavor to obtain an object): supplicate, thig
• (to woo, court): address, romance; see also Thesaurus:woo
• (to urge the claims of): plead
• (to disturb, disquiet): worry

• appeal, request

関連する語

Further reading

• solicit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• solicit in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

名詞

solicit

1. (archaic) solicitation

アナグラム

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