Solicitation
<p>from Merriam-Webster: </p>
<p><span style=" -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: medium; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-style: normal; border-collapse: separate; font-weight: normal; text-align: auto; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; widows: 2; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;" class="Apple-style-span"><span style=" font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;" class="Apple-style-span">"Elicit" derives from the past participle of the Latin verb "elicere," formed by combining the prefix "e-" with the verb "lacere," meaning "to entice by charm or attraction." It is not related to its near-homophone, the adjective "illicit" — that word, meaning "unlawful," traces back to another Latin verb, "licēre," meaning "to be permitted." Nor is "elicit" related to the verb "solicit," even though it sounds like it should be. "Solicit" derives from Latin "</span></span><span style=" -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 11px; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-style: normal; border-collapse: separate; font-weight: normal; text-align: auto; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; widows: 2; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;" class="Apple-style-span"><span>sollicitare</span><span style=" -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: medium; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-style: normal; border-collapse: separate; font-weight: normal; text-align: auto; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; widows: 2; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;" class="Apple-style-span"><span style=" font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;" class="Apple-style-span">" ("to disturb"), formed by combining the adjective "sollus," meaning "whole," with the past participle of the verb "ciēre," meaning "to move."</span></span></span></p>