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elicit (i LIS it) (verb), elicits; elicited; eliciting
1. To draw forth; to bring out: The lawyer tried to elicit a testimony from the reluctant witness.
2. Etymology: from Latin elicere, "to draw forth"; from ex-, "out" + -licere, combining form of lacere, "to entice".
To bring our or to draw forth.
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