solicitate

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/səˈlɪsɪtət/

adjective

solicitous

OriginLatin sollicitātus →
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Meanings

solicitate1

adjectivesolicitate (comparative more solicitate, superlative most solicitate)

comparative more solicitate · superlative most solicitate

  1. obsoletesolicitous

    who by them beinge aduertyſed hereof, beganne to caste theyr wyttes what this thyng might meane : beinge no leſſe ſolicitate for them ſelues, then meditatynge in what daunger theyr felowes had byn

    1511, Richard Eden, Decades of the New World

solicitate2

verbsolicitate (third-person singular simple present solicitates, present participle solicitating, simple past and past participle solicitated)

present singular third person solicitates · participle present solicitating · participle past solicitated · past solicitated

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo solicit.

    […] to solicitate the relief of Sir Robert Kerr and Buccleuch's son […]

    1969, Great Britain. General Register Office (Scotland), Calendar of the State Papers Relating to Scotland and Mary, ... (page 184)

Origin

solicitate · adjective

  1. Latinsollicitātus
  2. Englishsolicitate

Borrowed from Latin sollicitātus, perfect passive participle of sollicitō (“to solicit, disturb, rouse”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Compare French solliciter.

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solicitate · verb

  1. Latinsollicitātus
  2. Englishsolicitate

Borrowed from Latin sollicitātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more.

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APA

solicitate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/solicitate

MLA

“solicitate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/solicitate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “solicitate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/solicitate.

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