different between thig vs solicit

English

Etymology

From Middle English thiggen, from Old English þi??an (“to take, receive, accept; ingest; eat or drink, consume, partake of”), from Proto-Germanic *þigjan? (“to accept, receive, beg”), from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to receive”).

Cognate with Middle High German digen (“to beg, implore, beseech”), German digen (“to beg, beseech, take, get”), Swedish tigga (“to beg, mooch”), Icelandic þiggja (“to get, receive, accept”), Welsh teg (“fair, beautiful, cute”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??

Verb

thig (third-person singular simple present thigs, present participle thigging, simple past and past participle thigged)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To beseech; supplicate; implore.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To solicit, usually by begging; ask as alms; beg.
3. (obsolete, intransitive) To make supplication.
4. (obsolete, intransitive) To profit by or live on the gifts of others.
5. (obsolete, intransitive) To take alms.
6. (obsolete, transitive, intransitive, Scotland) To crave; seek (a favour).

Derived terms

• thigger
• thigster

Anagrams

• ghit, gith, ight, tigh

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h??/

Noun

thig

1. Lenited form of tig.

Verb 1

thig

1. Cois Fharraige form of thuig

Verb 2

thig

1. (nonstandard) present indicative of tar

Further reading

• "thig" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “thig” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “thig” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i??/

Noun

thig

1. Lenited form of tig.

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ·ticc, prototonic form of do·icc (“comes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hik?/

Verb

thig (past thàinig, future thig, verbal noun tighinn, past participle tigte)

1. come

Usage notes

• The dependent form of the future tense is tig.

Conjugation

Participles

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• “thig” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• “thig” in Am Faclair Beag - Scottish Gaelic Dictionary.
• “thig” in R. A. Armstrong, A Gaelic Dictionary, in Two Parts, London, 1825, ?OCLC, page 672.
• “thig” in LearnGaelic - Dictionary.

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