Solicit

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To Disturb; to Disquiet;

— a Latinism rarely used.

II. Solicit ·vt To urge the claims of; to Plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to.

III. Solicit ·vt To endeavor to obtain; to Seek; to plead for; as, to solicit an office; to solicit a favor.

IV. Solicit ·vt To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.

V. Solicit ·vt To awake or excite to action; to rouse desire in; to Summon; to appeal to; to Invite.