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om with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms. Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me Milton.

One who solicits.

Solicitous. [Obs.] Eden.

The act of soliciting; earnest request; persistent asking; importunity.

One who solicits.

The second law officer in the government of Great Britain; also, a similar officer under the United States government, who is associated with the attorney-general; also, the chief law officer of some of the States.

Disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something desirable, or to avoid anything evil; concerned; anxious; careful. "Solicitous of my reputation." Dryden. "He was solicitous for his advice." Calerendon. Enjoy the present, whatsoever it be, and be not solicitous about the future. Jer. Taylor. The colonel had been intent u…

A woman who solicits.

The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire good; anxiety. The many cares and great labors of worldly men, their solicitude and outward shows. Sir W. Raleigh. The mother looked at her with fond solicitude. G. W. Cable.

A state of spasm.

The quality or state of being spherial; roundness; as, the sphericity of the planets, or of a drop of water.

The quality or state of being spheroidal.

Stoicism. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

The quality or state of being styptic; astringency.

Capability of being suscitated; excitability. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

To rouse; to excite; to call into life and action. [Obs.]

The act of raising or exciting. [R.] A mere suscitation or production of a thing. South.

A nodule of flint, or a pebble, which resembles a fig. [Obs.]

Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection. -- Tac"it*ly, adv. The tacit and secret theft of abusing our brother in civil contracts. Jer. Taylor.

Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or speak. -- Tac"i*turn*ly, adv.