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Verb: elicit  i'lisit
  1. Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
    - arouse, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
     
  2. Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
    - educe, evoke, extract, draw out
     
  3. Derive by reason
    "elicit a solution"

Sounds like: illicit

Derived forms: elicited, eliciting, elicits

See also: elicitation

Type of: construe, create, deduce, deduct, derive, infer, interpret, make, see