elicit

Verb

Verb Forms: elicited, eliciting, elicits

• To draw forth or bring out something, especially a response or fact.
• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
• deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
• derive by reason
  • "elicit a solution"
• 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.

Adj

• Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.

Examples

• Did you elicit a response?
• Fred wished to elicit the time of the meeting from Jane.
• He tried to ELICIT a challenge from his opponent by playing a dubious word.

Synonyms

arouse, draw out, educe, enkindle, evoke, extract, fire, kindle, provoke, raise, construe, deduce