Etymology Borrowed from Latin sollicitātus, perfect passive participle of sollicitō (“to solicit, disturb, rouse”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Compare French solliciter.
who by them beinge aduertyſed hereof, beganne to caste theyr wyttes what this thyng might meane : beinge no leſſe ſolicitate for them ſelues, then meditatynge in what daunger theyr felowes had byn1511, Richard Eden, Decades of the New World:
solicitate
verb
Etymology Borrowed from Latin sollicitātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more.
[…] to solicitate the relief of Sir Robert Kerr and Buccleuch's son […]1969, Great Britain. General Register Office (Scotland), Calendar of the State Papers Relating to Scotland and Mary, ... (page 184)