elicit
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Latin elicitus from elicere, to draw forth
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- Rhymes: -ɪsɪt
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to elicit (third-person singular simple present elicits, present participle eliciting, simple past and past participle elicited)
- To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.
- 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?
- To use logic to arrive at truth; to derive by reason; deduce; construe.
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