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   elicit

   /ɪˈlɪsɪt/

   verb

   • 1. evoke or draw out (a reaction, answer, or fact) from someone: "I tried to elicit a smile from Joanna"
   • ▪ draw forth (something that is latent or potential) into existence: "a corrupt heart elicits in an hour all that is bad in us"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Latin elicit- ‘drawn out by trickery or magic’, from the verb elicere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + lacere ‘entice, deceive’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. elicitation noun
   • 2. elicitor noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • E

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   • L

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   • I

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   • C

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   • I

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   • T

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