elicit

e·lic·it  (-lst)

tr.v. e·lic·it·ed, e·lic·it·ing, e·lic·its

1.

a. To bring or draw out (something latent); educe.

b. To arrive at (a truth, for example) by logic.

2. To call forth, draw out, or provoke (a reaction, for example). See Synonyms at evoke.

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[Latin licere, licit- : -, ex-, ex- + lacere, to entice.]

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e·lici·tation n.

e·lici·tor n.

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elicit [ɪˈlɪsɪt]

vb (tr)

1. to give rise to; evoke to elicit a sharp retort

2. to bring to light to elicit the truth

[from Latin ēlicere to lure forth, from licere to entice]

elicitable  adj

elicitation  n

elicitor  n

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elicit - Comes from a Latin stem meaning "draw forth by magic or trickery."

See also related terms for magic.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	elicit - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" arouse, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" touch a chord, strike a chord - evoke a reaction, response, or emotion; "this writer strikes a chord with young women"; "The storyteller touched a chord" ask for, invite - increase the likelihood of; "ask for trouble"; "invite criticism" draw - elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.; "The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans"; "The comedian drew a lot of laughter" rekindle - arouse again; "rekindle hopes"; "rekindle her love" infatuate - arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way; "His new car has infatuated him"; "love has infatuated her" prick - to cause a sharp emotional pain; "The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience" fire up, stir up, wake, heat, ignite, inflame - arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred" stimulate, stir, shake up, excite, shake - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" excite - arouse or elicit a feeling anger - make angry; "The news angered him" discomfit, discompose, untune, upset, disconcert - cause to lose one's composure shame - cause to be ashamed spite, wound, bruise, injure, offend, hurt - hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" overwhelm, sweep over, whelm, overpower, overtake, overcome - overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli interest - excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of
	2.	elicit - deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant" educe, evoke, extract, draw out construe, interpret, see - make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"
	3.	elicit - derive by reason; "elicit a solution" logical system, system of logic, logic - a system of reasoning deduce, derive, infer, deduct - reason by deduction; establish by deduction

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elicit

verb

1. bring about, cause, derive, bring out, evoke, give rise to, draw out, bring forth, bring to light, call forth He was hopeful that his request would elicit a positive response.

2. obtain, extract, exact, evoke, wrest, draw out, extort, educe the question of how far police should go to elicit a confession

Translations

elicit [ɪˈlɪsɪt] VT [+ interest] → suscitar; [+ reaction] → provocar
to elicit sth (from sb) [+ reply, support, information] → obtener algo(de algn)
my comment elicited no response from him → no respondió a mi comentario

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elicit [ɪˈlɪsɪt] vt [+ response] → obtenir; [+ reaction] → susciter; [+ information] → obtenir; [+ sympathy] → susciter; [+ support] → attirer
In five minutes she had elicited all the family history → En cinq minutes elle avait découvert toute l'histoire de la famille.
to elicit sth from sb [+ response] → obtenir qch de qn; [+ reaction] → susciter qch auprès de qn; [+ information] → obtenir qch de qn; [+ sympathy] → susciter qch de qn; [+ support] → s'attirer qch de qn

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elicit

vt → entlocken (from sb jdm); support → gewinnen (from sb jds); to elicit public sympathy → die Sympathie der Öffentlichkeit gewinnen

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elicit [ɪˈlɪsɪt] vt to elicit sth (from sb) (truth, secret) → strappare qc (a qn); (admission, reply) → ottenere qc (da qn)

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elicit

v elicit [iˈlisit]

to succeed in getting (information etc) from a person, usually with difficulty. aan die lig bring يَسْتَنْبِط، يَشْتَخْرِج извличам vylákat fremprovokere; fremtvinge herauslocken εκμαιεύω sonsacar, obtener välja meelitama بیرون کشیدن؛ آشکار ساختن saada ongituksi tirer de לְהוֹצִיא מֵידָע निकालना izmamiti kicsal memperoleh laða fram far uscire, cavar fuori 引出す (사실, 대답 등을) 알아내다 išgauti, ištraukti izdibināt; izvilināt mencungkil ontlokken lokke fram wydobywać tirar a smulge допытываться vylákať izsiliti izamiti locka (dra) fram ทำสำเร็จ elde etmek, almak 誘出(回答等)，引出 витягати, видобувати اگلوانا gợi ra 诱出（回答等），引出