Definition of "elicit"

elicit

/ɪˈlɪsɪt/

verb
third-person singular simple present elicits, present participle eliciting, simple past and past participle elicited
1. To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.
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  Shouts of laughter were elicited, smart biddings drawn out, from the whispers of a timid miss, to the stentorian voice of a fox-hunting squire, and not a few fracas from parties either contending for a supposed prize, or disclaiming their chance for it,...
  1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], “(please specify the page)”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], pages 223–224
2. To draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something.
  Quotations
  He visited three department stores in New York and asked the attendant a question that would elicit the answer fourth floor; for example, he might have asked Excuse me, where are women's shoes?
  2009, William B. McGregor, Linguistics: An Introduction Answer Key
3. To use logic to arrive at truth; to derive by reason
adjective
not comparable
1. (obsolete) Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.
  Quotations
  An elicit act of equity.
  1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures; […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] James Flesher, for Richard Royston […]

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