elicit
/ih-LISS-it/verbto draw out a response, answer, or fact from someone
“The survey failed to elicit a single honest answer.”
- Synonyms
- evoke, extract, draw out
- Antonyms
- suppress
- Memory hook
- E-licit: Extract something out — always a verb.
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