elicit an answer

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• answer — n reply, response, rejoinder, retort (see under ANSWER vb 1) Analogous words: defense, vindication, justification (see corresponding verbs at MAINTAIN): refutation, rebuttal (see corresponding verbs at DISPROVE) Contrasted words: question, query …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• elicit — elicit, illicit Confusion arises occasionally because both words are pronounced the same way (i lis it). Elicit is a verb meaning ‘to draw out or evoke (an answer, admission, etc.)’ whereas illicit is an adjective meaning ‘unlawful, forbidden’ …   Modern English usage

• elicit — verb a) To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer. Fred wished to elicit the time of the meeting from Jane. b) To draw out, bring out, bring forth ( …   Wiktionary

• elicit — [ɪ lɪsɪt] verb (elicits, eliciting, elicited) 1》 evoke or draw out (a response or answer). 2》 archaic draw forth (something latent) into existence. Derivatives elicitation noun elicitor noun …   English new terms dictionary

• elicit — /əˈlɪsət / (say uh lisuht) verb (t) to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke: *By question and answer he elicited the information that the tribe had seen the approach of the horses from a good distance –olaf ruhen, 1958. {Latin ēlicitus, past… …  

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• illicit — elicit, illicit Confusion arises occasionally because both words are pronounced the same way (i lis it). Elicit is a verb meaning ‘to draw out or evoke (an answer, admission, etc.)’ whereas illicit is an adjective meaning ‘unlawful, forbidden’.… …   Modern English usage

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