elicit
verb /ɪˈlɪsɪt/
/ɪˈlɪsɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they elicit | /ɪˈlɪsɪt/ /ɪˈlɪsɪt/ |
| he / she / it elicits | /ɪˈlɪsɪts/ /ɪˈlɪsɪts/ |
| past simple elicited | /ɪˈlɪsɪtɪd/ /ɪˈlɪsɪtɪd/ |
| past participle elicited | /ɪˈlɪsɪtɪd/ /ɪˈlɪsɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form eliciting | /ɪˈlɪsɪtɪŋ/ /ɪˈlɪsɪtɪŋ/ |
- elicit something (from somebody) to get information or a reaction from somebody, often with difficulty
- I could elicit no response from him.
- Her tears elicited great sympathy from her audience.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryElicit is used with these nouns as the object:- chuckle
- comment
- emotion
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin elicit- ‘drawn out by trickery or magic’, from the verb elicere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + lacere ‘entice, deceive’.