Definition of
Elicit
- (verb, cognition) derive by reason
- (verb, creation) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
- (verb, emotion) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
raise a smile
evoke sympathy
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Alternate forms of Elicit
Derivations: elicitation
Hyponyms: anger, ask for, bruise, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, draw, excite, fire up, heat, hurt, ignite, infatuate, inflame, injure, interest, invite, offend, overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, prick, rekindle, shake, shake up, shame, spite, stimulate, stir, stir up, strike a chord, sweep over, touch a chord, untune, upset, wake, whelm, wound
Hypernyms: construe, create, deduce, deduct, derive, infer, interpret, make, see
Origin of the word Elicit
- 1620s, from L. elicitus, pp. of elicere "draw forth," from ex- "out" + -licere, comb. form of lacere "to entice." Related: Elicited; eliciting; elicits. more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper