Elicit \E*lic"it\, a. [L. elictus, p. p. of elicere to elicit; e
+ lacere to entice. Cf. Delight, Lace.]
Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident. [Obs.] "An
elicit act of equity." --Jer. Taylor.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Elicit \E*lic"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elicited; p. pr. & vb.
n. Eliciting.]
To draw out or entice forth; to bring to light; to bring out
against the will; to deduce by reason or argument; as, to
elicit truth by discussion.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
elicit
v 1: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse
pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: arouse,
enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke]
2: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out
some interesting linguistic data from the native
informant" [syn: educe, evoke, extract, draw out]
3: derive by reason; "elicit a solution"
WordNet (r) 2.0
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "elicit":
arouse, bring, bring about, bring forth, bring on, bring out,
bring to light, call forth, call out, call up, cause, contrive,
deduce, derive, drag out, draw down, draw forth, draw on, draw out,
educe, effect, evince, evoke, extort, extract, fetch, get,
get from, get out of, induce, inspire, instigate, lead, milk,
motivate, muster up, obtain, procure, prompt, provoke, rouse,
secure, stimulate, summon forth, summon up, superinduce, wangle,
wangle out of, winkle out, worm out, worm out of, wrench, wrest,
wring
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
arouse, draw out, educe, enkindle, evoke, extract, fire, kindle, provoke, raise
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