Elicit definition
To call forth, draw out, or provoke (a response or reaction, for example).
verb
Elicit is defined as to reveal information or to act.
An example of elicit is to get a confession from a suspect.
verb
To draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something.
Fred wished to elicit the time of the meeting from Jane.
Did you elicit a response?
verb
(obsolete) Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.
adjective
To draw forth; evoke.
To elicit an angry reply.
verb
To cause to be revealed.
To elicit facts.
verb
Origin of elicit
- Latin ēlicere ēlicit- ē-, ex- ex- lacere to entice
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Latin elicitus from elicere, to draw forth
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