Word | Definitions | Synonyms |
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elicit | (verb) derive by reason | - |
(verb) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) | Synonyms: draw out, educe, evoke, extract | |
(verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | Synonyms: arouse, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise | |
elicitation | (noun) stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors | Synonyms: evocation, induction |
elicited | (adjective) called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation | Synonyms: evoked |