Both Uses of
solicit
in
Henry VIII
- I am solicited, not by a few, And those of true condition, that your subjects Are in great grievance.†
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- Unsolicited I left no reverend person in this court; But by particular consent proceeded Under your hands and seals.†
Scene 2.4unsolicited = given without a requeststandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unsolicited means not and reverses the meaning of solicited. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definition:
to ask for something, or to try to sell something