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elicit something from someone Definition


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elicit
verb
    elicited, eliciting
    1. To cause something to happen; to bring something out into the open.
      Thesaurus: extract, draw out, evoke, wrest, exact, derive, extort, wring.
Derivative: elicitation
noun
    Etymology: 17c: from Latin elicere, elicitum.

    Phrasal Verb: elicit something from someone
      To succeed in getting information from them, usually with some effort or difficulty.


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