different between solicit vs exhibit

English

Etymology

From Middle English soliciten, solliciten, from Old French soliciter, solliciter, from Latin sollicit?re, present active participle of sollicit? (“stir, disturb; look after”), from sollicitus (“agitated, anxious, punctilious”, literally “thoroughly moved”), from sollus (“whole, entire”) + perfect passive participle of cie? (“shake, excite, cite, to put in motion”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?-l?s'?t
• IPA^(key): /s??l?s?t/
• Rhymes: -?s?t

Verb

solicit (third-person singular simple present solicits, present participle soliciting, simple past and past participle solicited)

1. To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.

   to solicit alms, or a favour

   • Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me?

2. To woo; to court.
3. To persuade or incite one to commit some act, especially illegal or sexual behavior.
   • , Book II, Chapter 1

     Sounds and some tangible qualities fail not to solicit their proper senses, and force an entrance to the mind.

   If you want to lose your virginity, you should try to solicit some fine looking women.

4. To offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment.

   My girlfriend tried to solicit me for sex, but I was tired.

5. To make a petition.
6. (archaic) To disturb or trouble; to harass.
7. To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to.
   • 1628, John Ford, The Lover's Melancholy

     Should / My brother henceforth study to forget / The vow that he hath made thee, I would ever / Solicit thy deserts.

8. (obsolete, rare) To disturb; to disquiet.
   • 1611-1615, George Chapman, Iliad, Book XVI

     Hath any ill solicited thine ears?

   • But anxious fears solicit my weak breast.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to persistently endeavor to obtain an object): supplicate, thig
• (to woo, court): address, romance; see also Thesaurus:woo
• (to urge the claims of): plead
• (to disturb, disquiet): worry

• appeal, request

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• solicit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• solicit in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Noun

solicit

1. (archaic) solicitation

Anagrams

• colitis

English

Etymology

From Latin exhibitus, perfect passive participle of exhibe? (“I hold forth, present, show, display”), from ex (“out of, from”) + habe? (“I have, hold”); see habit.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???z?b?t/, /??-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???z?b?t/, /??-/
• Rhymes: -?b?t
• Hyphenation: ex?hib?it

Verb

exhibit (third-person singular simple present exhibits, present participle exhibiting, simple past and past participle exhibited)

1. (transitive) To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
2. (transitive) To demonstrate.
3. (transitive, law) To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.

4. (intransitive) To put on a public display.

5. (medicine) To administer as a remedy.

Synonyms

• (display or show (something) for others to see): display, show, show off
• (demonstrate): demonstrate, show
• (present for inspection):

Related terms

• exhibition
• exhibitionist
• exhibitor
• Exhibit A
• inhibit
• prohibit

Translations

Noun

exhibit (plural exhibits)

1. An instance of exhibiting.
2. That which is exhibited.
3. A public showing; an exhibition.

   The museum's new exhibit is drawing quite a crowd.

4. (law) An article formally introduced as evidence in a court.

   Exhibit A is this photograph of the corpse.

Synonyms

• (instance of exhibiting): showing
• (public showing): exhibition, exposition, show

Translations

Further reading

• exhibit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• exhibit in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /??.zi?bit/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /e?.zi?bit/
• Rhymes: -it

Verb

exhibit m (feminine exhibida, masculine plural exhibits, feminine plural exhibides)

1. past participle of exhibir