elicit

Borrowed from Latin elicitus from eliciō (“draw forth”).

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  Rhymes: -ɪsɪt

• Homophones: illicit

elicit (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.
2. 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?

3. To use logic to arrive at truth; to derive by reason

   Synonyms: deduce, construe

• illicit

elicit (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.
   • Jeremy Taylor

     An elicit act of equity.

ēlicit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of ēliciō