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elicit::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | arouse, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise |
| Type of | create, make |
| Has types | ask for, bruise, wound, anger, stimulate, stir, stir up, strike a chord, sweep over, touch a chord, untune, upset, wake, whelm, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, draw, excite, fire up, heat, hurt, ignite, infatuate, inflame, injure, interest, invite, offend, overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, prick, rekindle, shake, shake up, shame, spite |
| Derivation | elicitation |
Examples of elicit
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Three words that might elicit an even greater sigh than the term grammar itself.
From the learning.blogs.nytimes.com
No doubt the program was designed specifically to elicit support in this manner.
From the economist.com
OccupyAmazon reaction, is unlikely to elicit any dramatic responses from Amazon.
From the forbes.com
I would refrain from those activities that seem to consistently elicit the pain.
From the tennessean.com
Schedule a fan forum, elicit ideas, absorb the criticism and come back for more.
From the sacbee.com
The music is designed to elicit mental images of events described by the titles.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The clever lines, and there are many, elicit polite chuckles rather than guffaws.
From the denverpost.com
You appreciate the adrenaline rush a good horror movie can elicit, really you do.
From the denverpost.com
That mark, according to both player and coach, might elicit a bigger celebration.
From the news.enquirer.com
- Arouse: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
- Educe: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
- Derive by reason; "elicit a solution"
- (elicitation) evocation: stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors; "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy"
- (elicited) called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation; "evoked potentials"; "an elicited response"
- 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; deduce; construe
- (elicitation) The act of eliciting; or, an elicited thing
- (Elicitation) The process of asking questions (usually of an expert) to obtain the parameters or hyperparameters of a model. In constructing a Bayesian network, the elicitation usually takes place in several steps. First the analysts elicit the graphical structure of the model. ...
- (Elicitation) The process to draw out, to discover and to make known so to gain knowledge and information, often used in defining needs.
