▪ I. soliciting, vbl. n.
(səˈlɪsɪtɪŋ)
[f. solicit v.]
The action of the vb., in various senses.
| α 1429 in Rymer Fœdera (1710) X. 420/2 My said Lord the Cardinal, that hath take upon him the Soliciting of the said Cause. 1530 Palsgr. 272/2 Solycityng, steryng, sollicitation. 1570 Dee Math. Pref. a j, He, with humble request, and instant Solliciting, got the best Rules..for ordring of all Companies..of men. 1625 in Foster Eng. Factories Ind. (1909) III. 58 His complaints and solicitings were utterlie rejected. 1662 Marvell Corr. Wks. (Grosart) II. 85 To Mr. Cressel for his solliciting whole through the businesse. 1709 J. Johnson Clergym. Vade M. ii. 6 By worldly or secular employs we are to understand soliciting in law-suits [etc.]. 1760–72 H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) IV. 134 The remaining time was spent in soliciting for me. 1837 Carlyle Fr. Rev. i. i. ii, Not now by violence and murder, but by soliciting and finesse. |
| β 1474 Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. I. 48 To the solisting of the Kingis materis in the Court of Rome. 1500–20 Dunbar Poems ix. 133 Of fals solisting ffor wrang deliuerance At Counsale, Sessioun, and at Parliament. 1678 Sir G. Mackenzie Crim. Laws Scot. ii. xxvi. §7 (1699) 267 The being present at a Consultation with the Pursuer, or the solisting for him, are likewise Branches of partial Counsel. |
▪ II. soˈliciting, ppl. a.
[f. as prec.]
That solicits, in senses of the verb.
| 1605 Shakes. Lear i. i. 234 A still soliciting eye, and such a tongue,..Hath lost me in your liking. 1704 J. Norris Ideal World ii. vii. 355 The soliciting motion of adjacent or circumambient bodies. 1816 J. Scott Vis. Paris (ed. 5) 207 These soliciting females are not easily rebuffed. 1829 Chapters Phys. Sci. 17 Properties relative to soliciting forces. 1885 W. Roberts Urin. & Renal Dis. iii. xiii. (ed. 4) 647 The column of liquid in the tube..exercising a soliciting force on the contents of the sac. |