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Meaning of elicit

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  elicit
      v 1: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse
           pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: {arouse},
           {elicit}, {enkindle}, {kindle}, {evoke}, {fire}, {raise},
           {provoke}]
      2: deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out
         some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
         [syn: {educe}, {evoke}, {elicit}, {extract}, {draw out}]
      3: derive by reason; "elicit a solution"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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