elicit

elicit

to draw or bring out; educe; evoke: Your story elicits memories of my childhood.
Not to be confused with:illicit – not legally permitted; unlicensed; unlawful: Illicit drugs are rampant in the city.

e·lic·it

E0087900 (ĭ-lĭs′ĭt)tr.v. e·lic·it·ed, e·lic·it·ing, e·lic·its To call forth, draw out, or provoke (a response or reaction, for example): "Interrogators were reportedly frustrated by their inability to elicit useful information from him" (Jane Mayer). See Synonyms at evoke.

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[Latin ēlicere, ēlicit- : ē-, ex-, ex- + lacere, to entice.]

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e·lic′i·ta′tion n.e·lic′i·tor n.

elicit

(ɪˈlɪsɪt) vb (tr) 1. to give rise to; evoke: to elicit a sharp retort. 2. to bring to light: to elicit the truth. [C17: from Latin ēlicere to lure forth, from licere to entice] eˈlicitable adj eˌliciˈtation n eˈlicitor n

e•lic•it

(ɪˈlɪs ɪt)

v.t. to draw or bring out or forth; evoke: to elicit a response. [1635–45; < Latin ēlicitus, past participle of ēlicere to coax, lure out =ē- e- + -licere (see delectable)] e•lic′i•tor, n.

elicit

- Comes from a Latin stem meaning "draw forth by magic or trickery."See also related terms for magic.

elicit

Past participle: elicited
Gerund: eliciting

Imperative
elicit
elicit

Present
I elicit
you elicit
he/she/it elicits
we elicit
you elicit
they elicit

Preterite
I elicited
you elicited
he/she/it elicited
we elicited
you elicited
they elicited

Present Continuous
I am eliciting
you are eliciting
he/she/it is eliciting
we are eliciting
you are eliciting
they are eliciting

Present Perfect
I have elicited
you have elicited
he/she/it has elicited
we have elicited
you have elicited
they have elicited

Past Continuous
I was eliciting
you were eliciting
he/she/it was eliciting
we were eliciting
you were eliciting
they were eliciting

Past Perfect
I had elicited
you had elicited
he/she/it had elicited
we had elicited
you had elicited
they had elicited

Future
I will elicit
you will elicit
he/she/it will elicit
we will elicit
you will elicit
they will elicit

Future Perfect
I will have elicited
you will have elicited
he/she/it will have elicited
we will have elicited
you will have elicited
they will have elicited

Future Continuous
I will be eliciting
you will be eliciting
he/she/it will be eliciting
we will be eliciting
you will be eliciting
they will be eliciting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been eliciting
you have been eliciting
he/she/it has been eliciting
we have been eliciting
you have been eliciting
they have been eliciting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been eliciting
you will have been eliciting
he/she/it will have been eliciting
we will have been eliciting
you will have been eliciting
they will have been eliciting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been eliciting
you had been eliciting
he/she/it had been eliciting
we had been eliciting
you had been eliciting
they had been eliciting

Conditional
I would elicit
you would elicit
he/she/it would elicit
we would elicit
you would elicit
they would elicit

Past Conditional
I would have elicited
you would have elicited
he/she/it would have elicited
we would have elicited
you would have elicited
they would have elicited

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	elicit - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"arouse, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raisecreate, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"touch a chord, strike a chord - evoke a reaction, response, or emotion; "this writer strikes a chord with young women"; "The storyteller touched a chord"ask for, invite - increase the likelihood of; "ask for trouble"; "invite criticism"draw - elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.; "The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans"; "The comedian drew a lot of laughter"rekindle - arouse again; "rekindle hopes"; "rekindle her love"infatuate - arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way; "His new car has infatuated him"; "love has infatuated her"prick - to cause a sharp emotional pain; "The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience"fire up, stir up, wake, heat, ignite, inflame - arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"stimulate, stir, shake up, excite, shake - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"excite - arouse or elicit a feelinganger - make angry; "The news angered him"discomfit, discompose, untune, upset, disconcert - cause to lose one's composureshame - cause to be ashamedspite, wound, bruise, injure, offend, hurt - hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"overwhelm, sweep over, whelm, overpower, overtake, overcome - overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuliinterest - excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of
	2.	elicit - deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"educe, evoke, extract, draw outconstrue, interpret, see - make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"
	3.	elicit - derive by reason; "elicit a solution"logical system, system of logic, logic - a system of reasoningdeduce, derive, infer, deduct - reason by deduction; establish by deduction

elicit

verb1. bring about, cause, derive, bring out, evoke, give rise to, draw out, bring forth, bring to light, call forth He was hopeful that his request would elicit a positive response.2. obtain, extract, exact, evoke, wrest, draw out, extort, educe the question of how far police should go to elicit a confession

elicit

verbTo call forth or bring out (something latent, hidden, or unexpressed):draw (out), educe, evoke, summon.

Translations

引出诱出

elicit

(iˈlisit) verb to succeed in getting (information etc) from a person, usually with difficulty. 探出(實情、情報等) 诱出（回答等），引出