eliciting

Meanings

• Verb

  To draw out or bring forth, especially information or a response.

  - "The teacher elicited interesting responses from the students during the debate."
  - "The detective was able to elicit a confession from the suspect."

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Pronunciation

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Synonyms

construe , deduce

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with eliciting
enticing , exciting , inviting

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Variants

List of all variants of eliciting that leads to same result
elicit , elicitation , elicitations , elicited , eliciting , elicitor , elicitors , elicits

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Etymology

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From Middle English eliciten, from Old French eliciter, from elicite, past participle of eliciter, from el- 'out' + licitum 'reached, obtained'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'eliciting' is often used in the field of education and psychology to describe the process of drawing out or evoking responses from students or research subjects.

2. In the medical field, a biopsy probe is used to elicit a tissue sample for further analysis.

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Related Concepts

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1. Probe: A medical instrument used to examine the inside of a body cavity or duct. The term 'probe' is also used metaphorically to describe the act of eliciting information.

2. Interrogation: A questioning session, often used in law enforcement to obtain information from a suspect.

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Quotes

Quotes by authors and personalities

1. If ever there was a two-way pleasure street, it's the delight a baby takes in being tickled and the joy the parent experiences in the tumble of laughter it "elicits".

   - Jeffrey Kluger,{it}Time{/it},17 Jan. 2005

2. In a wild, captive wolf that is not socialized to man, approach will "elicit" flight and, if the wolf is cornered, a defensive reaction may be triggered, which is termed the critical-distance reaction.

   - Michael W. Fox,{it}The Soul of the Wolf{/it},1980

3. Gingrich "elicits" perhaps the greatest sympathy when he talks about the challenge of graduating from a rabble-rousing backbencher in the House minority to presiding over (and trying to control) the first Republican majority in 40 years.

   - Richard L. Berke,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},17 May 1998

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How to Memorize "eliciting"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a teacher drawing information out of a student like drawing water from a well.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'eliciting' with 'drawing out' or 'bringing forth'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a sentence like 'Elliciting emotions, I can bring out the best in people.'

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