Elicit

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Elicit \E*lic"it\, a. [L. elictus, p. p. of elicere to elicit; e
     + lacere to entice. Cf. {Delight}, {Lace}.]
     Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident. [Obs.] "An
     elicit act of equity." --Jer. Taylor.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Elicit \E*lic"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Elicited}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Eliciting}.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  elicit
       v 1: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse
            pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: {arouse},
             {enkindle}, {kindle}, {evoke}, {fire}, {raise}, {provoke}]
       2: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out
          some interesting linguistic data from the native
          informant" [syn: {educe}, {evoke}, {extract}, {draw out}]
       3: derive by reason; "elicit a solution"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "elicit":
     arouse, bring, bring about, bring forth, bring on, bring out,
     bring to light, call forth, call out, call up, cause, contrive,
     deduce, derive, drag out, draw down, draw forth, draw on, draw out,
     educe, effect, evince, evoke, extort, extract, fetch, get,
     get from, get out of, induce, inspire, instigate, lead, milk,
     motivate, muster up, obtain, procure, prompt, provoke, rouse,
     secure, stimulate, summon forth, summon up, superinduce, wangle,
     wangle out of, winkle out, worm out, worm out of, wrench, wrest,
     wring