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English verb: elicit | |||
| 1. | elicit (emotion) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | ||
| Samples | Arouse pity. Raise a smile. Evoke sympathy. | ||
| Synonyms | arouse, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | create, make | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | anger, ask for, bruise, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, draw, excite, excite, fire up, heat, hurt, ignite, infatuate, inflame, injure, interest, invite, offend, overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, prick, rekindle, shake, shake up, shame, spite, stimulate, stir, stir up, strike a chord, sweep over, touch a chord, untune, upset, wake, whelm, wound | ||
| 2. | elicit (creation) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) | ||
| Samples | We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant. | ||
| Synonyms | draw out, educe, evoke, extract | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | construe, interpret, see | ||
| 3. | elicit (cognition) derive by reason | ||
| Samples | Elicit a solution. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | deduce, deduct, derive, infer | ||
| Domain category | logic, logical system, system of logic | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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