Middle English Dictionary Entry
soliciten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | soliciten v. Also solicit(e, solliciten. |
| Etymology | OF soliciter, solliciter & L sollicitāre, sōlicitāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To trouble (sb.), disturb; (b) to further (business affairs); (c) to draw (sb.) away, distract, entice.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1422) Hoccl.JWife (Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)p.176 : The flessh..solicitith and bysyeth hire, stirynge the ful noble soule..vn-to synne.
- c1475(c1447) Epitaph Duke Glo.(Hrl 2251)100 : Go your wele, farewele; Sollicitith other fallen in suche diligence.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)121/2 : If it were so wiþ me, mannys drede shuld not so solicite [L sollicitaret] me, ner þe dartes of wordes shuld not meve me.
b
- (1450) Paston2.44 : I seende vnto yow..to help, solicit, and labour my chargeable materys.
c
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton)f.56rb : Why sollycyte ye, Moyses and Aaron, the peple fro theyr werkis and labour?