elicit
IPA: ɪɫˈɪsɪt
verb
- To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.
- To draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something.
- To use logic to arrive at truth; to derive by reason
adjective
- (obsolete) Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.
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Examples of "elicit" in Sentences
- He can elicit a response carefully.
- Obligation of eliciting the act of contrition.
- I'm also ashamed of the lack of outrage it elicited.
- All that unwholesome food and music does not elicit nostalgia.
- He aims to jar the audience from complacency and elicit a reaction.
- If the goal is incongruent, then negative emotions will be elicited.
- Eventually, the neutral stimulus alone can elicit the state of fear.
- All that unwholesome food and shitty music does not elicit nostalgia.
- Lincoln did not attempt to elicit sympathy for the victims of the mob.
- Electrical stimulation of the insula in the human elicit gustatory sensations.
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