verb🔗ShareTo evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer."The puppy's playful behavior always elicits a smile from everyone who sees it. "mindcommunicationsensationactionChat 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?"communicationlanguagemindactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo use logic to arrive at truth; to derive by reason"The detective elicits the truth by carefully questioning each witness and piecing together their accounts. "philosophylogicmindChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading