elicit
Origin of elicit
1Other words from elicit
- e·lic·i·ta·tion [ih-lis-i-tey-shuhn] /ɪˌlɪs ɪˈteɪ ʃən/ noun
- e·lic·i·tor, noun
Words that may be confused with elicit
- elicit , illicit
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How to use elicit in a sentence
Nearly every presenter tonight makes a joke about having sampled the wares; not a single one elicits more than a few chuckles.
And The Escort of The Year Is… Backstage at The Sex Oscars | Scott Bixby | March 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEven the individual mandate elicits just narrow disapproval, 51% to 47%.
Now, thinking of her elicits, at the very least, a laugh, if not genuine excitement.
Is Reese Witherspoon’s Drunken Arrest the Best Thing to Happen to Her Career? | Kevin Fallon | May 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSuch honesty is what elicits that satisfying flicker in a reader, Of course.
Desperately Seeking Charm: Steven Amsterdam on an Elusive Quality | Steven Amsterdam | April 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSheikh Jarrah elicits hope,” Zvi Benninga says toward the end of My Neighborhood, “but it is set in a reality that scares me.
East Jerusalem Doc 'My Neighborhood' Wins Peabody Award | Emily L. Hauser | March 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Our cause is a just one; the greatest at present that elicits the attention of the world.
And when they are opened, it throws a gleam on the page, which secures attention, and elicits admiration.
Papers from Overlook-House | Casper AlmoreThis is enough about moral propriety as a principle of tragic emotion, and the pleasure it elicits.
The Aesthetical Essays | Friedrich SchillerWe here see the triumph of the moral law, so sublime an experience for us that we might even hail the calamity which elicits it.
The Aesthetical Essays | Friedrich SchillerNow the repartee of one elicits a laugh from the other; this passes from man to man, and the whole flotilla enjoy the joke.
Audubon and his Journals, Vol. 2 | Maria R. Audubon
British Dictionary definitions for elicit
/ (ɪˈlɪsɪt) /
to give rise to; evoke: to elicit a sharp retort
to bring to light: to elicit the truth
Origin of elicit
1Derived forms of elicit
- elicitable, adjective
- elicitation, noun
- elicitor, noun
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