verb🔗ShareTo evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer."The teacher's funny stories were effective at eliciting laughter from the students. "mindcommunicationlanguagesensationemotionactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something."Did you elicit a response?"communicationlanguagemindactioninfoprocesseducationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo use logic to arrive at truth; to derive by reason"The detective was carefully eliciting the truth by asking pointed questions and observing the suspect's reactions. "logicphilosophymindscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
