- transitive verb
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- to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke: to elicit the truth; to elicit a response with a question [Webster]
- verb
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- ~ sth: (fml) draw (facts, a response, etc) from sb, sometimes with difficulty [Barron]
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- WordNet:
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- MSN Encarta:
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- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:
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