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elicit Verb 1. to bring about (a response or reaction): her remarks elicited a sharp retort 2. to draw out (information) from someone: a phone call elicited the fact that she had just awakened [Latin elicere]
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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 Translations elicit [ɪˈlɪsɪt] vt to elicit (from sb) (information) → (aus jdm) herausbekommen; (reaction, response) → (von jdm) bekommen elicit [ɪˈlɪsɪt] vt to elicit (from) → trarre (da), cavare fuori (da); to elicit sth (from sb) → strappare qc (a qn) 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 houkutella esiin tirer de לְהוֹצִיא מֵידָע निकालना izmamiti kicsal memperoleh laða fram far uscire, cavar fuori 引出す 끌어내다 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| She smiled to cover her shyness, and I fancied she had a fear that I would make the sort of gibe that such a confession could hardly have failed to elicit from Rose Waterford. He had worked on Bill's feelings so successfully as to elicit a loan of a million dollars, and was just proceeding to marry him to Elizabeth, when the cab stopped with the sudden sharpness peculiar to New York cabs, and he woke up, to find himself at his destination. Qui fortiter emungit, elicit sanguinem; and where the wine-press is hard wrought, it yields a harsh wine, that tastes of the grape-stone. |
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