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Antonyms for elicited

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ih-lis-it
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈlɪs ɪt


Definition of elicited

Origin :
  • 1640s, from Latin elicitus, past participle of elicere "draw forth," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + -licere, comb. form of lacere "to entice, lure, deceive" (related to laqueus "noose, snare;" see lace (n.)). Related: Elicited; eliciting; elicits; elicitation.
  • verb draw out
Example sentences :
  • This was apparently a witticism; at any rate, it elicited roars of laughter.
  • Extract from : « The Village Watch-Tower » by (AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin
  • From these grim revelers Cornish elicited a good deal of information.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • But after this he has no more to say; the answers which he makes are only elicited from him by the dialectic of Socrates.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • The sound which elicited this exclamation was a loud "Hollo!"
  • Extract from : « The Young Miner » by Horatio Alger, Jr.
  • The character of one individual was, however, elicited in this affair.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 » by Mrs. Thomson
  • As was his custom, he began to enquire whether any good could be elicited from all this evil.
  • Extract from : « The Young Duke » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • It was elicited that she had not been allowed to see the English miladi.
  • Extract from : « That Stick » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • Soon smoke began to appear, then a few sparks were elicited, and then a gentle flame rose from the dust of the charred wood.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
  • The rest of the crew were examined, but nothing was elicited from them.
  • Extract from : « Freaks of Fortune » by Oliver Optic
  • Kennedy did so, and elicited large sparks with quite a tingle of a shock.
  • Extract from : « The Silent Bullet » by Arthur B. Reeve

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