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1. (v.t.) elicit
to draw or bring out or forth; evoke:
to elicit a response.
Etymology: (1635–45; < L ēlicitus, ptp. of ēlicere to coax, lure out =ē-e - +-licere (see delectable ))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
"arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
2. (verb) educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out
deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
"We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
3. (verb) elicit
derive by reason
"elicit a solution"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) elicit
elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident
2. (verb) elicit
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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Sense: to succeed in getting (information etc) from a person, usually with difficulty.
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 Afrikaans: aan die lig bring |
 Arabic: يَسْتَنْبِط، يَشْتَخْرِج |
 Bulgarian: извличам |
 Brazilian: tirar |
 Czech: vylákat |
 German: herauslocken |
 Danish: fremprovokere; fremtvinge |
 Greek: εκμαιεύω |
 Spanish: sonsacar, obtener |
 Estonian: välja meelitama |
 Farsi: بیرون کشیدن؛ آشکار ساختن |
 Finnish: saada esiin |
 French: tirer de |
 Hebrew: לְהוֹצִיא מֵידָע |
 Hindi: निकालना |
 Croatian: izmamiti |
 Hungarian: kicsal |
 Indonesian: memperoleh |
 Icelandic: laða fram |
 Italian: far uscire, cavar fuori |
 Japanese: 引出す |
 Korean: (사실, 대답 등을) 알아내다 |
 Lithuanian: išgauti, ištraukti |
 Latvian: izdibināt; izvilināt |
 Malay: mencungkil |
 Dutch: ontlokken |
 Norwegian: lokke fram |
 Polish: wydobywać |
 Persian: بیرون کشیدن؛ آشکار ساختن |
 Pashto: پورته کښیدل |
 Portuguese: tirar |
 Romanian: a smulge |
 Russian: допытываться |
 Slovak: vylákať |
 Slovenian: izsiliti |
 Serbian: izamiti |
 Swedish: locka (dra) fram |
 Thai: ล้วงความลับ |
 Turkish: elde etmek, almak |
 Taiwanese: 探出(實情、情報等) |
 Ukrainian: витягати, видобувати |
 Urdu: اگلوانا |
 Vietnamese: gợi ra |
 Chinese: 诱出（回答等），引出 |
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