elicit

Verbs

  • (v) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
    • arouse pity
    • raise a smile
    • evoke sympathy
    arouse, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise,
  • (v) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
    • We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant
    educe, evoke, extract, draw out,
  • (v) derive by reason
    • elicit a solution

Synonyms

arouse evoke provoke enkindle kindle fire raise educe extract draw out

Words of close approximity

elicitation elicited