Definition of elicit

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Elicit (v. t.) To draw out or entice forth; to bring to light; to bring out against the will; to deduce by reason or argument; as, to elicit truth by discussion..

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Render :: Render (v. t.) To interpret; to set forth, represent, or exhibit; as, an actor renders his part poorly; a singer renders a passage of music with great effect; a painter renders a scene in a felicitous manner..
Bliss :: Bliss (n.) Orig., blithesomeness; gladness; now, the highest degree of happiness; blessedness; exalted felicity; heavenly joy..
Felicitate :: Felicitate (v. t.) To make very happy; to delight.
Infelicitous :: Infelicitous (a.) Not felicitous; unhappy; unfortunate; not fortunate or appropriate in application; not well said, expressed, or done; as, an infelicitous condition; an infelicitous remark; an infelicitous description; infelicitous words..
Interviewer :: Interviewer (n.) One who interviews; especially, one who obtains an interview with another for the purpose of eliciting his opinions or obtaining information for publication..
Wit :: Wit (v.) Felicitous association of objects not usually connected, so as to produce a pleasant surprise; also. the power of readily combining objects in such a manner..
Happy :: Happy (superl.) Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous.
Elicitate :: Elicitate (v. t.) To elicit.
Elicitation :: Elicitation (n.) The act of eliciting.
Fe-licify :: Fe-licify (v. t.) To make happy; to felicitate.
Felicity :: Felicity (n.) The state of being happy; blessedness; blissfulness; enjoyment of good.
Blessed :: Blessed (a.) Enjoying, or pertaining to, spiritual happiness, or heavenly felicity; as, the blessed in heaven..
Unhappy :: Unhappy (a.) Marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous; as, an unhappy day..
Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive.
Light :: Light (n.) Prosperity; happiness; joy; felicity.
Felicity :: Felicity (n.) A pleasing faculty or accomplishment; as, felicity in painting portraits, or in writing or talking..
Happiness :: Happiness (n.) An agreeable feeling or condition of the soul arising from good fortune or propitious happening of any kind; the possession of those circumstances or that state of being which is attended enjoyment; the state of being happy; contentment; joyful satisfaction; felicity; blessedness.
Blissful :: Blissful (a.) Full of, characterized by, or causing, joy and felicity; happy in the highest degree..
Pump :: Pump (v. t.) Figuratively, to draw out or obtain, as secrets or money, by persistent questioning or plying; to question or ply persistently in order to elicit something, as information, money, etc..
Poll :: Poll (v. t.) To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters; as, he polled a hundred votes more than his opponent..
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