elicit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.
To draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something.
To use logic to arrive at truth; to derive by reason.

adj

/ɪˈlɪsɪt/ en-us-elicit.ogg

elicit elicits eliciting elicited

Borrowed from Latin elicitus from eliciō (“draw forth”).

deduce construe

elicitability elicitable elicitation elicitin elicitor unelicited

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