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means A formal or deliberate request for something — money, business, action, or a favor — that crosses from casual asking into official (or sometimes illegal) territory.

from From Latin sollicitare, 'to disturb, agitate, or stir up thoroughly' — itself built from sollus ('whole, entire') and citare ('to set in motion, summon'). The notion was of shaking someone all the way through until they responded. By the time it reached English in the 1400s, that thorough shaking had narrowed into the sense of persistently urging or petitioning — still carrying a faint vibration of its agitated Latin roots.