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Synonyms for elicits
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : ih-lis-it |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈlɪs ɪt |
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Définition of elicits
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
- Belle elicits praise from all who know it because of the great beauty of its fruits.
- Extract from : « The Peaches of New York » by U. P. Hedrick
- It must be admirable nonsense, from the broad smiles it elicits.
- Extract from : « Love After Marriage; and Other Stories of the Heart » by Caroline Lee Hentz
- At the same time, it is not as a pioneer that he elicits our fullest admiration.
- Extract from : « Studies in Modern Music, Second Series » by W. H. Hadow
- Fortunate is the orator if he elicits the expression: That is beautiful!
- Extract from : « Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good » by Victor Cousin
- As private personage and as commander he elicits commiseration.
- Extract from : « The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War » by Annie Heloise Abel
- In doing so he gives Hodge a slap which elicits from that worthy a yell of pain.
- Extract from : « The Growth of English Drama » by Arnold Wynne
- Further questioning only elicits the same response, and the officer angrily declares she may finish her song in prison.
- Extract from : « Stars of the Opera » by Mabel Wagnalls
- This is a very bright idea on the part of the Four Bears, and elicits universal satisfaction all round.
- Extract from : « The Great Lone Land » by W. F. Butler
- The quality of response which it elicits has come to receive precedence over the name by which a subject happens to be classified.
- Extract from : « The High School Failures » by Francis P. Obrien
- Now the repartee of one elicits a laugh from the other; this passes from man to man, and the whole flotilla enjoy the joke.
- Extract from : « Audubon and his Journals, Vol. 2 » by Maria R. Audubon
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