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elicit

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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.

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

e·lici·tation n.
e·lici·tor n.

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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.elicit - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
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"
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

elicit
Translations
elicit [ɪˈlɪsɪt] vt to elicit sth (from sb) → obtener algo (de algn)

elicit [ɪˈlɪsɪt] vt to elicit (from) → obtenir (de); tirer (de)

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)

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 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 回答),


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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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