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1 ēliciō
ēliciō licuī, —, ere [ex + lacio], to draw out, entice out, lure forth, bring out, elicit: hostem ex paludibus, Cs.: omnīs citra flumen, Cs.: hostem ad proelium, L.: praemiis ex civitatibus optimum quemque.— To call down, evoke, raise, conjure up: caelo te, Iuppiter, O.: inferorum animas. — To draw forth, extract, produce: vocem: terra elicit herbescentem ex eo (semine) viriditatem: ferrum e cavernis: lapidum conflictu ignem: cadum, H. —Fig., to extract, elicit, excite, bring out: causas praesensionum: misericordiam, L.: ad ea elicienda Iovi Elicio aram dicavit, for interpreting, L.* * *elicere, elicui, elicitus Vdraw/pull out/forth, entice, elicit, coax -
2 elicio
ē-lĭcĭo, lĭcŭi and lexi (elicuit, Caes. B. C. 3, 100, 2:I.elexisse,
Arn. 5, p. 154), lĭcìtum ( part. elicitus, Stat. Th. 4, 414; Luc. 9, 932; Vell. 2, 104, 4), 3, v. a. [lacio], to draw out, entice out, to lure forth, to bring out, to elicit (class.).Lit.A.In gen.:B.aliquem hinc foras,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 17; cf. id. Men. 5, 6, 3:hostem ex paludibus silvisque,
Caes. B. G. 7, 32, 2:omnes citra flumen,
id. ib. 6, 8, 2:hostes in suum locum,
id. ib. 5, 50, 3: aliquem ad pugnam. id. B. C. 3, 38. [p. 638] 1; 3, 85, 2; Liv. 2, 62; cf.:aliquem in proelium,
Tac. A. 15, 13:aliquem praemiis ex civitatibus sociorum ad subeunda pericula,
Cic. Balb. 9:vatem ad colloquium,
Liv. 5, 15:aliquem, ut, etc.,
id. 6, 34 fin.; cf. Cic. Tusc. 5, 7 fin.:premere ubera ad eliciendum lac,
Vulg. Prov. 30, 33.—In partic., in relig. lang.: Jovem, Manes, etc., to call forth, call down a god by religious rites; to raise, conjure up a departed spirit by magic arts, Ov. F. 3, 327; Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 104; Arn. 5, p. 154; Cic. Vatin. 6; Tib. 1, 2, 46; Hor. S. 1, 8, 29; Stat. Th. 4, 414; Luc. 6, 733; Tac. A. 2, 28 al.—In a like sense:II.fulmina,
to call down, Liv. 1, 20 fin.; Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 13.—Trop.:terra elicit herbescentem ex eo (sc. semine) viriditatem,
Cic. de Sen. 15, 51:vocem,
to utter, speak, Cic. Deiot. 1 fin. (but in Lucr. 3, 58, and Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57, the better reading is eicere voces):voces et querelas,
id. Brut. 80, 278:sermonem,
Liv. 9, 6:verbum ex eo de via ac ratione dicendi,
Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 97:sonos,
id. N. D. 2, 60:sententiam alicujus,
id. Att. 7, 1, 5; cf.:arcana ejus,
Liv. 40, 23;and, veritatem,
Tac. A. 4, 45:causas praesensionum,
to elicit, ascertain, Cic. Div. 1, 8:misericordiam,
Liv. 8, 28; Tac. H. 3, 58; cf.cupidinem,
id. A. 16, 14:iram,
Curt. 8, 5 fin.:studia civium,
Tac. A. 15, 33 et saep.:ferrum e terrae cavernis,
Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151:ignem lapidum conflictu,
id. ib. 2, 9 fin.: sanguinem, id. poët. Tusc. 1, 48 fin. Kühn.; Tac. A. 12, 47:sudorem,
Plin. 25, 11, 89, § 189:alvum,
to relax, id. 19, 5, 26, § 80:lacrimas,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 13; Vell. 2, 104, 4:litteras,
Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; 9, 2:cadum,
Hor. C. 4, 12, 17 et saep. -
3 ē-ruō
ē-ruō uī, utus, ere, to cast forth, throw out, root up, dig out, take: humum, O.: sepulcris caprificos, H.: segetem ab radicibus, V.: mortuum: aquam remis, to plough up, O.: illum, to hunt down: quemvis mediā turbā, H.: Eruitur oculos, his eyes are torn out, O.—To root out, destroy utterly: urbem a sedibus, V.: Troianas opes, V.— Fig., to draw out, bring out, elicit: mihi qui legati fuerint: ex quibus (locis) argumenta: si quid obrutum erit: Sacra annalibus eruta, O.: Obscurata (verba), rescue from oblivion, H.: memoriam exercitatione: difficultas pecuniaria, quā erui, etc., to be freed: hoc mihi erui non potest, i. e. can't be talked out of me. -
4 ē-vocō
ē-vocō āvī, ātus, āre, to call out, call forth, summon, evoke: te huc foras, T.: milites ex hibernis in expeditionem, S.: virum e curiā, L.: testīs huc: nostros ad pugnam, challenge, Cs.: deus evocatus sacratis sibi finibus, removed by invocation, L.: animas Orco, V.: centuriones, Cs.: viris fortibus nominatim evocatis, Cs.: alqm litteris: nostros ad pugnam, challenge, Cs.: ad arma: ad praedam, Cs.: manīs: alqm ab inferis: proavos sepulchris, O.—Fig., to call forth, bring out, elicit, stir, raise: probitas non praemiorum mercedibus evocata: familiam e tenebris in lucem: sic te iis (litteris) evocatam, appealed to: (cogitationes) in medium, L.: praedae cupiditas multos longius evocabat, led on, Cs. -
5 exprimō
exprimō pressī, pressus, ere [ex + premo], to press out, force out, squeeze forth: (lacrimulam) oculos terendo, T.: nubium conflictu ardor expressus: has (turrīs) cottidianus agger expresserat, had carried up, Cs.: expresso spinae curvamine, protruding, O.: sucina solis radiis expressa Ta.— To form by pressure, form, model, portray, exhibit: unguīs, H.: vestis artūs exprimens, Ta.— Fig., to wring out, extort, wrest, elicit: ab eis tantum frumenti: vocem, Cs.: deditionem necessitate, L.: pecunia vi expressa: Expressa arbusto convicia (in allusion to the wine-press), H.: ut negaret, constrained.—To imitate, copy, represent, portray, describe, express: magnitudine animi vitam patris: libidines versibus: Incessūs voltumque, O.: ut Euryalum exprimat infans, may resemble, Iu.: dicendo sensa: nemo expresserat, posse hominem, etc.: quae vis subiecta sit, etc.: oratorem imitando: in Platonis libris Socrates exprimitur.— To render, translate: id Latine: verbum de verbo, T.: fabellae ad verbum de Graecis expressae.— To pronounce, articulate: litteras putidius.* * *exprimere, expressi, expressus Vsqueeze, squeeze/press out; imitate, copy; portray; pronounce, express -
6 ex-sculpō or exculpō
ex-sculpō or exculpō psī, ptus, ere, to dig out, cut out, chisel out, carve: nescio quid e quercu. —To scratch out, erase: versūs, N.—Fig., to elicit, extort: ex aliquo verum, T. -
7 petō
petō īvī and iī （perf. petīt, V., O; petīstī, C., V.; petīsse, C., O.; petīssem, C., L, O.), petītus, ere [PET-], to strive for, seek, aim at, repair to, make for, travel to: summum locum, Cs.: maris oras: navīs, take refuge in, N.: Troia peteretur classibus, V.: caelum pennis, fly to, O.: Grais Phasi petite viris, visited by the Greeks, O.: ille Reginam petit, turns to, V.: campum petit amnis, V.: mons petit astra, rises to, O.— To fall upon, rush at, attack, assault, assail, fly at, aim at, thrust at: Indutiomarum, aim at, Cs.: cuius latus mucro ille petebat: non latus, sed caput, aim at: Tarquinium spiculo infeste, L.: Mālo me, throw an apple at, V.: cui petit ungue genas, O.: Vos turba saxis petens, stoning, H.—Fig., to attack, assail: me epistulā: uter ab utro petitus insidiis esset, L.— To demand, exact, require: ex iis tantum, quantum res petet, hauriemus: poenas ab optimo quoque sui doloris, i. e. exact satisfaction.—To demand at law, sue for, claim: unde petitur... qui petit, the defendant... the plaintiff, T.: qui per se litem contestatur, sibi soli petit: alienos fundos.— To beg, beseech, ask, request, desire, entreat: flentes pacem petere, Cs.: Curtio tribunatum a Caesare, ask for Curtius: a te pro Ligario, intercede with you for: reus ut absolvatur: a te, ut, etc.—Of office, to solicit, be a candidate: nemo est ex iis, qui nunc petunt, qui, etc.: ambitiose regnum, L.— To woo, court, solicit: ut viros saepius peteret quam peteretur, S.: illam, O.: virgo ad libidinem petita, L.— To pursue, seek, strive after, aim at: fugā salutem, Cs.: praedam pedibus, O.: gloriam, S.: eloquentiae principatum: bene vivere, H.: conubiis natam sociare Latinis, V.: ex hostium ducibus victoriam, over, L.: imperium ex victis hostibus, L.— To fetch, bring, elicit, obtain, wrest, draw: E flammā cibum, T.: custodem in vincula, V.: a litteris doloris oblivionem: latere petitus imo spiritus, H.: gemitūs alto de corde petiti, O.— To take, betake oneself to, repair to: alium cursum, take another route: aliam in partem fugam, betake themselves to flight, Cs.— To refer to, relate to: Troianos haec monstra petunt, V.* * *petere, petivi, petitus Vattack; aim at; desire; beg, entreat, ask (for); reach towards, make for -
8 eruo
eruere, erui, erutus Vpluck/dig/root up, overthrow, destroy; elicit -
9 eruo
I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.qui sciet, ubi quidque positum sit, quaque eo veniat, is, etiam si quid obrutum erit, poterit eruere,
Cic. Fin. 4, 4 fin.; so,aurum terrā,
Ov. Am. 3, 8, 53; cf.:caprificos sepulcris,
Hor. Epod. 5, 17:gemmam vadis,
Mart. 8, 28; Tac. A. 2, 69:segetem ab radicibus imis,
Verg. G. 1, 320; cf.:pinum radicibus,
id. A. 5, 449 Heyne N. cr.; and:herbam radicitus,
Plin. 21, 11, 36, § 62:mortuum,
Cic. Div. 1, 27 fin.:oculum,
Plin. 25, 8, 50, § 89; 28, 8, 29, § 114:dentes de sinistra parte,
id. 28, 8, 27, § 95:aquam remis,
lo stir up, plough up, Ov. H. 5, 54; cf.:sepulcra (hyaena),
Plin. 8, 30, 44, § 106.— Poet. in Greek construction:eruitur oculos,
his eyes are torn out, Ov. M. 12, 269 (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 458).—Since the Aug. per., sometimes, in partic., to root out, to destroy from the foundation:II.urbem totam a sedibus,
Verg. A. 2, 612; Sil. 3, 2, 13; cf. under II. B. 2.—Trop.A.In gen., to draw out, bring out, elicit: inde tamen aliquando (servum fugitivum) eruam, Vat. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9 fin.; cf. Curt. 4, 14:B.scrutari locos, ex quibus argumenta eruamus,
Cic. de Or. 2, 34, 146; cf. id. Tusc. 1, 13:si quid est, quod indagaris, inveneris, ex tenebris erueris,
id. Agr. 1, 3:ex annalium vetustate eruenda est memoria nobilitatis tuae,
id. Mur. 7, 16:memoriam,
id. de Or. 2, 68, 360:veritatem,
Quint. 12, 9, 3:causam rerum et rationem,
Plin. 18, 4, 5, § 24:sacra recognosces annalibus eruta priscis,
Ov. F. 1, 17:mi sicunde potes, erues, qui decem legati Mummio fuerint,
Cic. Att. 13, 30, 2 et saep.: fanum erui volo;neque hoc mihi erui potest,
I cannot be talked out of it, id. ib. 12, 36.—In partic.1.To rescue, release:2.propter difficultatem pecuniariam, qua erui nusquam nisi ex privatorum bonis posset,
Cic. Att. 10, 14, 1.—To overthrow, destroy:Trojanas ut opes et lamentabile regnum Eruerint Danai,
Verg. A. 2, 5; cf.civitatem,
Tac. H. 4, 72:Thracas (with frangere gentem),
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10 exculpo
I. A.Lit.:2.terram unde exsculpserant, fossam vocabant,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 143 Müll.: foramina arborum exsculpta digitos sex. Cato, R. R. 18, 2:nescio quid e quercu exsculpseram, quod videretur simile simulacri,
Cic. Att. 13, 28, 2:signum ex molari lapide,
Quint. 2, 19, 3; cf. id. 2, 4, 7.—Transf., prov.: leoni esurienti ex ore exsculpere praedam, said of any thing exceedingly difficult or daring, Lucil. ap. Non. 102, 22. —B.Trop., to get out, elicit, extort:* II.ex aliquo verum,
Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 45:in quaestione vix exsculpsi, ut diceret,
obtained, Plaut. Cist. 2, 2, 6.— -
11 exprimo
I.Lit.:B.oleum ex malobathro,
Plin. 12, 26, 59, § 129:sucum expresso semini,
id. 20, 1, 2, § 3:sucum flore,
id. 21, 19, 74, § 127:sucum radici,
id. 27, 13, 109, § 136; cf.: vinum palmis, oleum sesamae (dat.), id. 6, 28, 32, § 161:oleum amygdalis,
id. 13, 1, 2, § 8:sudorem de corpore,
Lucr. 5, 487:lacrimulam oculos terendo,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 23:si nubium conflictu ardor expressus se emiserit, id esse fulmen,
Cic. Div. 2, 19, 44:liquorem per densa foramina (cribri),
Ov. M. 12, 438; cf.:aquam in altum,
Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 39:aquam in altitudinem,
Vitr. 8, 7:quantum has (turres) quotidianus agger expresserat,
had carried up, raised, Caes. B. G. 7, 22, 4 Oud.:pecuniam alicui,
Suet. Oth. 5; id. Vesp. 4.—Transf.1.With an object denoting that out of which something is pressed or squeezed, to press, squeeze, wring:2.spongiam ex oleo vel aceto,
Cels. 5, 24 med.:lanam ex vino vel aceto,
Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 31; cf.:Venus madidas exprimit imbre comas,
Ov. A. A. 3, 224:spongiae expressae inter duas tabulas,
Plin. 31, 11, 47, § 128:oleam,
id. 12, 27, 60, § 130:folia rosae,
id. 21, 18, 73, § 122:tuberculum,
id. 11, 11, 12, § 29.—To form by pressure, to represent, form, model, portray, express (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose;II.freq. in the elder Pliny): (faber) et ungues exprimet et molles imitabitur aere capillos,
Hor. A. P. 33; cf.:alicujus furorem... verecundiae ruborem,
Plin. 34, 14, 40, § 140:expressa in cera ex anulo imago,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 54:imaginem hominis gypso e facie ipsa,
Plin. 35, 12, 44, § 153; cf.:effigiem de signis,
id. ib.:optime Herculem Delphis et Alexandrum, etc.,
id. 34, 8, 19, § 66 et saep.:vestis stricta et singulos artus exprimens,
exhibiting, showing, Tac. G. 17:pulcher aspectu sit athleta, cujus lacertos exercitatio expressit,
has well developed, made muscular, Quint. 8, 3, 10.Trop.A.To squeeze or wring out, to extort, wrest, elicit: lex, quam ex natura ipsa arripuimus, hausimus, expressimus, qs. pressed out, Cic. Mil. 4, 10:B.utilitas expressit nomina rerum,
has imposed, Lucr. 5, 1029: cf.:cum ab iis saepius quaereret, neque ullam omnino vocem exprimere posset,
Caes. B. G. 1, 32, 3:expressa est Romanis necessitas obsides dandi,
Liv. 2, 13, 4:confessionem concessi maris hosti,
id. 37, 31, 5:confessionem cruciatu,
Suet. Galb. 10:deditionem ultimā necessitate,
Liv. 8, 2, 6:pecunia vi expressa et coacta,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 165:tu si tuis blanditiis a Sicyoniis nummulorum aliquid expresseris,
Cic. Att. 1, 19, 9:risum magis quam gemitum,
Plin. Ep. 4, 7, 7 et saep.—With ut:expressi, ut conficere se tabulas negaret,
have constrained, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 112:expressit, ut polliceretur,
Curt. 6, 7. —Transf. (acc. to I. B. 2.), to imitate, copy, represent, to portray, describe, express, esp. in words (cf. reddo):A.cum magnitudine animi tum liberalitate vitam patris et consuetudinem expresserit,
i. e. imitated, Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4:lex expressa ad naturam,
id. Leg. 2, 5, 13:vitia imitatione ex aliquo expressa,
id. de Or. 3, 12, 47:rem ante oculos ponit, cum exprimit omnia perspicue, ut res prope dicam manu tentari possit,
Auct. Her. 4, 40, 62; cf. id. ib. §63: hanc speciem Pasiteles caelavit argento et noster expressit Archias versibus,
Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79:mores alicujus oratione,
id. de Or. 2, 43, 184:multas nobis imagines fortissimorum virorum expressas scriptores Graeci et Latini reliquerunt,
id. Arch. 6, 14; cf. id. ib. 12, 30:in Platonis libris omnibus fere Socrates exprimitur,
id. de Or. 3, 4, 15: Mithridaticum bellum magnum atque difficile totum ab hoc expressum est, depicted to the life, id. Arch. 9, 21; cf.:ut Euryalum exprimat infans,
may resemble, Juv. 6, 81.—With rel.-clause as object:diligenter, quae vis subjecta sit vocibus,
id. Fin. 2, 2, 6:exprimere non possum, quanto sim gaudio affectus,
tell, express, Plin. Ep. 5, 15, 2; Vell. 2, 124, 1:verbis exprimere quid quis sentiat,
Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 7:quod exprimere dicendo sensa possumus,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 32:mores in scriptis exprimere,
Suet. Vit. Ter. 4.—Of translating into another language, to render, translate:si modo id exprimere Latine potuero,
Cic. Rep. 1, 43; cf. id. ib. 1, 44: katalêpsin, verbum e verbo exprimentes comprehensionem dicemus, id. Ac. 2, 10, 31:nec tamen exprimi verbum e verbo necesse erit,
id. Fin. 3, 4, 15; cf.:verbum de verbo expressum extulit,
Ter. Ad. prol. 11:fabellae Latinae ad verbum de Graecis expressae,
Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4; Plin. Ep. 4, 18, 1.—Of words, to pronounce, utter:nolo exprimi litteras putidius nolo obscurari neglegentius,
with affected distinctness, Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 41:verba,
Quint. 1, 2, 6; 9, 4, 10; 40 al.—Rarely of a personal object:oratorem imitando effingere atque exprimere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 90:moderatorem rei publicae nostris libris diligenter expressimus,
id. Att. 8, 11, 1.—Hence, expressus, a, um, P. a., clearly exhibited, prominent, distinct, visible, manifest, clear, plain, express (syn. solidus, opp. adumbratus).Lit.:B.species deorum, quae nihil concreti habeat, nihil solidi, nihil expressi, nihil eminentis,
Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75; cf.:litterae lituraeque omnes assimulatae, expressae,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 189:corpora lacertis expressa,
powerful, muscular, Quint. 8 praef. §19: protinus omnibus membris, expressus infans,
fully formed, id. 2, 4, 6.—Trop.1.In gen.:2.habuit Catilina permulta maximarum non expressa signa, sed adumbrata virtutum,
Cic. Cael. 5, 12; cf.:est gloria solida quaedam res et expressa, non adumbrata,
id. Tusc. 3, 2, 3 (v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 5, 22, 62, p. 723 sq.):indicia solida et expressa,
id. Planc. 12; cf.:veri juris germanaeque justitiae solida et expressa effigies,
id. Off. 3, 17, 69:expressa sceleris vestigia,
id. Rosc. Am. 22, 62:expressiora et illustriora,
id. Fam. 1, 7, 9; cf. Plin. Ep. 5, 15, 3; and:quid expressius atque signatius in hanc causam?
Tert. Res. Carn. 3.—Expressa carmina Battiadae, translated, Cat. 65, 16.—Of distinct pronunciation:* 1. 2.vitia oris emendet, ut expressa sint verba, ut suis quaeque litterae sonis enuntientur,
Quint. 1, 11, 4:expressior sermo,
id. 1, 1, 37:expressior loquacitas generi picarum est,
Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 118. —In a bad sense, of a too emphatic, affected pronunciation: sonus erat dulcis: litterae neque expressae neque oppressae, ne aut obscurum esset aut putidum, Cic Off. 1, 37, 133.—Hence, adv.: expressē.Trop., expressly, distinctly, clearly:conscripta exempla,
Auct. Her. 4, 7, 10:quod ipsum expressius Hesiodus hoc versu significavit,
Col. 11, 1, 29.—Of pronunciation, distinctly:ut ea (R littera) a nullo expressius efferretur,
Val. Max. 8, 7, 1 ext. -
12 exsculpo
I. A.Lit.:2.terram unde exsculpserant, fossam vocabant,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 143 Müll.: foramina arborum exsculpta digitos sex. Cato, R. R. 18, 2:nescio quid e quercu exsculpseram, quod videretur simile simulacri,
Cic. Att. 13, 28, 2:signum ex molari lapide,
Quint. 2, 19, 3; cf. id. 2, 4, 7.—Transf., prov.: leoni esurienti ex ore exsculpere praedam, said of any thing exceedingly difficult or daring, Lucil. ap. Non. 102, 22. —B.Trop., to get out, elicit, extort:* II.ex aliquo verum,
Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 45:in quaestione vix exsculpsi, ut diceret,
obtained, Plaut. Cist. 2, 2, 6.— -
13 libramentum
lībrāmentum, i, n. [id.], that which gives to any thing a downward pressure; weight, gravity.I.Lit.:B.plumbi,
Liv. 42, 63, 4.—A fall, descent of water:II.libramentum aquae,
Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 57:quod libramentum cum exinanitum est, suscitat et elicit fontem, cum repletum, moratur et strangulat, of a spring that alternately rises and falls,
Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 10:inferiore labro demisso ad libramentum modicae aquae receptae in fauces, palpitante ibi lingua ululatus elicitur, of the croaking of frogs,
Plin. 11, 37, 65, § 173.—Transf.A.A level surface, horizontal plane: extremitatem et quasi libramentum, in quo nulla omnino crassitudo sit, * Cic. Ac. 2, 36, 116:B.sub eodem libramento stare,
Sen. Q. N. 1, 12, 1: usque ad libramentum summi fornicis, Ael. Gall. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 206 Müll.—Evenness, equality:C.ventorum hiemalium et aestivorum,
Col. 1, 5, 8 —A straight line:D.si recto libramento inter solem terrasque media (luna) successit,
Sen. Ben. 5, 6, 4:libramentum finale,
a boundary line, Amm. 15, 4, 4.—A weight for balancing or giving motive power (ballista):ferrea manus cum injecta prorae esset, gravique libramento plumbi recelleret ad solum,
Liv. 24, 34, 10:arietem admotum nunc saxis ingentibus nunc libramento plumbi gravatum ad terram urguebant,
id. 42, 63, 4 Weissenb.:late cladem intulisset, ni duo milites vincla ac libramenta tormento abscidissent,
Tac. H. 3, 23.
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elicit — [ē lis′it, ilis′it] vt. [< L elicitus, pp. of elicere, to draw out < e , out + lacere, to entice, akin to laqueus: see LACE] 1. to draw forth; evoke [to elicit an angry reply] 2. to cause to be revealed [to elicit facts] SYN. EXTRACT… … English World dictionary
Elicit — E*lic it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Elicited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Eliciting}.] 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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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elicit — (v.) 1640s, from L. elicitus, pp. of elicere draw forth, from ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + licere, comb. form of lacere to entice, lure, deceive (related to laqueus noose, snare; see LACE (Cf. lace)). Related … Etymology dictionary
elicit — vb evoke, *educe, extract, extort Analogous words: draw, drag, *pull: *bring, fetch … New Dictionary of Synonyms
elicit — [v] draw out arm twist*, badger, bite*, bring, bring forth, bring out, bring to light*, call forth, cause, derive, educe, evince, evoke, evolve, exact, extort, extract, fetch, give rise to, milk*, obtain, put muscle on*, put the arm on*, rattle,… … New thesaurus
elicit — ► VERB (elicited, eliciting) ▪ evoke or draw out (a response or reaction). DERIVATIVES elicitation noun elicitor noun. ORIGIN Latin elicere draw out by trickery … English terms dictionary
elicit — [[t]ɪlɪ̱sɪt[/t]] elicits, eliciting, elicited 1) VERB If you elicit a response or a reaction, you do or say something which makes other people respond or react. [V n] Mr Norris said he was hopeful that his request would elicit a positive response … English dictionary
elicit — verb (T) to succeed in getting information or a reaction from someone, especially when this is difficult: My attempts at conversation didn t elicit much response. | elicit sth from sb: By patient questioning we managed to elicit enough… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
