[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

elicit \elic"it\, a. l. elictus, p. p. of elicere to elicit; e
   + lacere to entice. cf. delight, lace.
   elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident. obs. "an
   elicit act of equity." --jer. taylor.
   1913 webster
see also:
delight lace 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

elicit \elic"it\, v. t. imp.  p. p. elicited; p. pr.  vb.
   n. eliciting.
   to draw out or entice forth; to bring to light; to bring out
   against the will; to deduce by reason or argument; as, to
   elicit truth by discussion.
   1913 webster
see also:
elicited eliciting 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

elicit
     v 1: call forth emotions, feelings, and responses; "arouse
          pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" syn: arouse,
           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, extract, draw out
     3: derive by reason; "elicit a solution"
see also:
arouse enkindle kindle evoke fire raise 
provoke educe extract draw out 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

54 moby thesaurus words for "elicit":
   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

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