salic it or, solic itour, sol licit or

[Fr. solicit eur; Sp. & Port. solicit a dor; Ital. sollic itatore.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. One who solicits; one who begs or asks with earnestne . *2. One who or that which instigates or prompts: an instigator. "The solicitor to every evil act, all that defiles the man."- Atterbury , vol. iv., ser. 7. II. Law : An attorney, a law-agent; one who represents another in court; the law officer of a city, town, or government; as, the city solicitor , . In the United States the terms attorney and solicitor are synonymous, and they also act as counsel. III. Commerce : An outside peripatetic agent of a commercial establishment who solicits trade; a traveling salesman; a commercial traveler or agent. solicitor-general, s . 1. Eng . Law : A law officer of the crown ranking next to the attorney-general, with whom he is a ociated in the transaction of legal busine for the crown and public offices. On him generally devolves the maintenance of the rights of the crown in revenue cases, patent causes, . 2. A similar officer under the United States govern ment, who is a ociated with the attorney-general: also the chief law officer of some of the states. so-liç-it-or-ship, subst. [Eng. solicitor; -ship.] The rank, position, or condition of a solicitor. so-liç-It-ous, a . [Latin solicit us , sol licit us , pa. par. of sollicito =to agitate; Span. & Port. solicito ; Ital. sollicito , sollecito .] Anxious, either to obtain, as something desirable, or to avoid, as something evil or dangerous; concerned, apprehensive, uneasy, disturbed. (Followed by about or for , and rarely by of . ) "We were not a little solicitous for her return." Anson: Voyages , bk. iii., ch. i. să-liç -it-ous lỹ, adv. [Eng. solicitous; -ly.] In a solicitous or anxious manner; anxiously; with IMG:content-1711.png:[blocks in formation]