elicit
verb
[ ɪˈlɪsɪt ]
• evoke or draw out (a reaction, answer, or fact) from someone.
• "I tried to elicit a smile from Joanna"
Similar:
obtain,
bring out,
draw out,
extract,
evoke,
bring about,
bring forth,
induce,
excite,
give rise to,
call forth,
prompt,
generate,
engender,
spark off,
trigger,
kindle,
extort,
exact,
wrest,
derive,
provoke,
wring,
screw,
squeeze,
worm out,
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’.
