elicit

English

Etymology

Latin elicitus from elicere, to draw forth

Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -ɪsɪt

• Homophones: illicit

Verb

elicit (third-person singular simple present elicits, present participle eliciting, simple past and past participle elicited)

1. To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.
2. To draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something.

   Fred wished to elicit the time of the meeting from Jane.

   Did you elicit a response?

3. To use logic to arrive at truth; to derive by reason; deduce; construe.

See also

• illicit

Translations

to evoke, educe

• Bulgarian: извличам (bg) (izvličam)
• Dutch: ontlokken (nl),oproepen (nl)
• Finnish: saada selville
• German: elizitieren, auslösen (de), entlocken (de), eruieren (de), herauslocken (de), hervorlocken (de), hervorrufen (de), locken (de)
• Hungarian: kicsal
• Serbo-Croatian: izazvati (sh), evocirati (sh), izvući (sh), polučiti (sh)

• Spanish: provocar (es), suscitar (es)
• Swedish: locka fram, framkalla, väcka, få fram
• Turkish: (bilgi) edinmek (tr), (bilgi) temin etmek (tr), (gerçeği) ortaya çıkarmak (tr), (law) almak (tr), aydınlatmak (tr), çıkarmak (tr), (bir şeye) neden olmak (tr), (bir şeye) yol açmak (tr), (law) elde etmek (tr), meydana çıkarmak (tr), öğrenmek (tr), sağlamak (tr), aydınlığa çıkarmak (tr), tepki göstermek (tr), tepkiye neden olmak (tr)

To draw out, bring out.

• Dutch: teweegbrengen (nl),veroorzaken (nl)
• French: causer (fr), réaliser (fr)

• Spanish: sonsacar (es), obtener (es)

To use logic to arrive at truth.

• Dutch: redeneren (nl), afleiden (nl)
• French: raisonner (fr),déduire (fr)

• Spanish: deducir (es),inferir (es)

Adjective

elicit (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.
   • Jeremy Taylor

     An elicit act of equity.

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Latin

Verb

ēlicit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of ēliciō