Elicit

Verb

 * 1) To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.
 * 2) To draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something.
 * Fred wished to elicit the time of the meeting from Jane.
 * ''Did you elicit a response?
 * 1) To use logic to arrive at truth; to derive by reason; deduce; construe.

Thesaurus
arouse, bring, bring about, bring forth, bring on, bring out, bring to light, call forth, call out, call up, cause, contrive, deduce, derive, drag out, draw down, draw forth, draw on, draw out, educe, effect, evince, evoke, extort, extract, fetch, get, get from, get out of, induce, inspire, instigate, lead, milk, motivate, muster up, obtain, procure, prompt, provoke, rouse, secure, stimulate, summon forth, summon up, superinduce, wangle, wangle out of, winkle out, worm out, worm out of, wrench, wrest, wring

Etymology
elicitus from elicere, to draw forth

Pronunciation

 * Homophones: illicit
 * Homophones: illicit
 * Homophones: illicit

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: saada selville
 * German: elizitieren, auslösen, entlocken, eruieren, herauslocken, hervorlocken, hervorrufen, locken
 * Hungarian: kicsal
 * Serbo-Croatian: izazvati, evocirati, izvući, polučiti
 * Spanish: sonsacar, obtener


 * Swedish: locka fram, framkalla, väcka, få fram
 * Turkish: edinmek,  temin etmek,  ortaya çıkarmak,  almak, aydınlatmak, çıkarmak,  neden olmak,  yol açmak,  elde etmek, meydana çıkarmak, öğrenmek, sağlamak, aydınlığa çıkarmak, tepki göstermek, tepkiye neden olmak