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Webster 1913 Edition
Solicitous
So-lic′it-ous
,Adj.
Disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something desirable, or to avoid anything evil; concerned; anxious; careful.
“Solicitous of my reputation.” Dryden.
“He was solicitous for his advice.” Calerendon.
Enjoy the present, whatsoever it be, and be not
solicitous
about the future. Jer. Taylor.
The colonel had been intent upon other things, and not enough
– solicitous
to finish the fortifications. Clarendon.
So-lic′it-ous-ly
, adv.
So-lic′it-ous-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Solicitous
SOLIC'ITOUS
,Adj.
1.
Careful; anxious; ver desirous, as to obtain something. Men are often more solicitous to obtain the favor of their king or of the people, than of their Maker.2.
Careful; anxious concerned; as respecting an unknown but interesting event; followed usually by about or for. We say, a man is solicitous about the fate ofhis petition, or about the result of the negotiation. He is solicitous for the safety of his ship.3.
Anxious; concerned; followed by for, as when something is to be obtained. Be not solicitous for the future.