elicitation

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

e•lic•it /ɪˈlɪsɪt/   v. [~ + object] ,

1. to draw or bring out or forth;
   evoke:
   to elicit a response.

See -lic-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

e•lic•it  (i lis′it), v.t. 

1. to draw or bring out or forth;
   educe;
   evoke:
   to elicit the truth; to elicit a response with a question.

• Latin ēlicitus drawn out (past participle of ēlicere), equivalent. to ē- e- + lici- draw, lure + -tus past participle suffix
• 1635–45

e•lic′i•ta′tion, n. 
e•lic′i•tor, n.