Defenition of the word elicit
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Defenition of the word elicit
- To obtain information from someone or something.
- call forth; of emotions, feelings, and responses; "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
- deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
- derive by reason; "elicit a solution"
- deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
- derive by reason
- call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
Synonyms for the word elicit
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- arouse
- bring forth
- bring out
- draw
- draw out
- educe
- enkindle
- evoke
- extract
- fire
- kindle
- obtain
- provoke
- raise
Similar words in the elicit
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- elicit
- elicited
- eliciting
- elicits
Hyponyms for the word elicit
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- 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 for the word elicit
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- construe
- create
- deduce
- deduct
- derive
- infer
- interpret
- make
- see
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