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The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.
John Buchan

Meaning of "elicit" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ELICIT

From Latin ēlicere to lure forth, from licere to entice.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ELICIT

elicit  [ɪˈlɪsɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ELICIT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Elicit is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb elicit in English.

WHAT DOES ELICIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of elicit in the English dictionary

The definition of elicit in the dictionary is to give rise to; evoke. Other definition of elicit is to bring to light.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ELICIT

PRESENT

Present
I elicit
you elicit
he/she/it elicits
we elicit
you elicit
they elicit
Present continuous
I am eliciting
you are eliciting
he/she/it is eliciting
we are eliciting
you are eliciting
they are eliciting
Present perfect
I have elicited
you have elicited
he/she/it has elicited
we have elicited
you have elicited
they have elicited
Present perfect continuous
I have been eliciting
you have been eliciting
he/she/it has been eliciting
we have been eliciting
you have been eliciting
they have been eliciting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I elicited
you elicited
he/she/it elicited
we elicited
you elicited
they elicited
Past continuous
I was eliciting
you were eliciting
he/she/it was eliciting
we were eliciting
you were eliciting
they were eliciting
Past perfect
I had elicited
you had elicited
he/she/it had elicited
we had elicited
you had elicited
they had elicited
Past perfect continuous
I had been eliciting
you had been eliciting
he/she/it had been eliciting
we had been eliciting
you had been eliciting
they had been eliciting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will elicit
you will elicit
he/she/it will elicit
we will elicit
you will elicit
they will elicit
Future continuous
I will be eliciting
you will be eliciting
he/she/it will be eliciting
we will be eliciting
you will be eliciting
they will be eliciting
Future perfect
I will have elicited
you will have elicited
he/she/it will have elicited
we will have elicited
you will have elicited
they will have elicited
Future perfect continuous
I will have been eliciting
you will have been eliciting
he/she/it will have been eliciting
we will have been eliciting
you will have been eliciting
they will have been eliciting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would elicit
you would elicit
he/she/it would elicit
we would elicit
you would elicit
they would elicit
Conditional continuous
I would be eliciting
you would be eliciting
he/she/it would be eliciting
we would be eliciting
you would be eliciting
they would be eliciting
Conditional perfect
I would have elicit
you would have elicit
he/she/it would have elicit
we would have elicit
you would have elicit
they would have elicit
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been eliciting
you would have been eliciting
he/she/it would have been eliciting
we would have been eliciting
you would have been eliciting
they would have been eliciting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you elicit
we let´s elicit
you elicit
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to elicit
Past participle
elicited
Present Participle
eliciting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ELICIT


apophysate
əˈpɒfɪsɪt
basset
ˈbæsɪt
complicit
ˌkɒmˈplɪsɪt
corset
ˈkɔːsɪt
deficit
ˈdɛfɪsɪt
Dorset
ˈdɔːsɪt
explicit
ɪkˈsplɪsɪt
facet
ˈfæsɪt
faucet
ˈfɔːsɪt
Fawcett
ˈfɔːsɪt
illicit
ɪˈlɪsɪt
implicit
ɪmˈplɪsɪt
inexplicit
ˌɪnɪkˈsplɪsɪt
lancet
ˈlɑːnsɪt
licit
ˈlɪsɪt
overexplicit
ˌəʊvərɪkˈsplɪsɪt
sit
sɪt
solicit
səˈlɪsɪt
Somerset
ˈsʌməsɪt
transit
ˈtrænsɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ELICIT

eliad
Eliade
Elias
eliche
elicitable
elicitation
elicitor
elide
elidible
eligibility
eligible
eligibly
Elijah
eliminability
eliminable
eliminant
eliminate
elimination
eliminative
eliminative materialism

WORDS THAT END LIKE ELICIT

a bit
balance of payments deficit
benefit
bit
budget deficit
budgetary deficit
cash deficit
circuit
credit
cut it
democratic deficit
Detroit
dit
edit
exclusive OR circuit
exit
fecit
fit
placit
trade deficit

Synonyms and antonyms of elicit in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ELICIT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «elicit» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of elicit

Translation of «elicit» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ELICIT

Find out the translation of elicit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of elicit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «elicit» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

引起 >
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

provocar
570 millions of speakers

English

elicit
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रकाश में लाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انتزاع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

выявить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

provocar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রকাশ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

susciter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Elicit
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

auslösen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

引き出す
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이끌어 내다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Elicit
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gợi ra
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெளிப்படுத்துவதற்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बाहेर काढा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çıkarmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

suscitare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wywołania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

виявити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

obține
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εκμαιεύσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontlok
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

framkalla
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

framprovosere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of elicit

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ELICIT»

The term «elicit» is quite widely used and occupies the 30.374 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ELICIT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «elicit» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «elicit» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about elicit

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10 QUOTES WITH «ELICIT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word elicit.
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Diane Ackerman
Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons quiver.
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Bhumibol Adulyadej
A good person can make another person good; it means that goodness will elicit goodness in the society; other persons will also be good.
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Alain de Botton
It's very hard to respect people on holiday - everybody looks so silly at the beach, it makes you hate humanity - but when you see people at their work they elicit respect, whether it's a mechanic, a stonemason or an accountant.
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Bill Bradley
When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.
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John Buchan
The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.
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James Buchanan
The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.
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James Frey
I don't want to walk in the middle. I want people to read what I write and feel strongly about it. If, at some point, whatever I am doing is failing to elicit a response, whether it's very positive or very negative, then I am going to stop doing it.
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Andy Gibb
Before, I was terrified on stage. I only play guitar during the acoustic songs. After a while, you can elicit certain responses from the crowd, like Elvis.
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Jenny Holzer
The desperate things seem to require attention, the lovely things seem to elicit celebration. If I had to choose, I would go to the awful in the hope that doing something could yield a happier result.
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Christopher Lasch
The effect of the mass media is not to elicit belief but to maintain the apparatus of addiction.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ELICIT»

Discover the use of elicit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to elicit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Structuring Learning Environments in Teacher Education to ...
This book focuses on faculty members in a learning community in the College of Education at Florida International University.
Erskine S. Dottin, Lynne D. Miller, George E. O'Brien, 2013
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Potential Questions to Elicit Nominees Views on Agencies ...
These questions are based on major management challenges & program risks. Enclosures highlight the major management challenges & program risks, a list of potential questions, & a contact for each agency.
David M. Walker, 2001
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Characterization and Evaluation of Approaches to Elicit ...
Taken together, the panel of soluble gp41-fusion proteins, transgenic mice and polyvalent V3 antigens will be important tools for better understanding humoral immune responses against envelope and for future vaccine development.
Adam Penn-Nicholson, 2008
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Advanced Reader, Specially Prepared to Elicit Thought and to ...
Christian Brothers. town was consequently crowded with merchants, traders, and adventurers from all parts. Two persons, belonging apparently to the former class , took up their abode in the house of the widow. They appeared to be wealthy, ...
Christian Brothers, 1884
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Kid's Box American English Level 4 Teacher's Edition
Point to your head and your knees to elicit the words. Write them on the board and underline ea and ee in the words. Elicit the sounds and write the phonemes / e/and /i.../. Elicit other words from students which have these sounds. Remind them ...
Melanie Williams, 2010
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Conversational Dominance and Gender: A Study of Japanese ...
M1 produced 11 more elicit:agrees and informatives in L1 than in L2 (16 in L1 and 5 in L2), while F1 produced 1 more (9 in L1 and 8 in L2). In Dyad 6, M6 produced a total of 22 and 10 in L1 and in L2, respectively, while F6 produced a total of ...
Hiroko Itakura, 2001
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Shame: The Exposed Self
However, this orientation does not necessarily reflect sex differences in moral behavior; rather, it may well reflect sex differences in response to shame and guilt , or sex differences in the situations likely to elicit shame. I questioned more than  ...
Michael Lewis, 1995
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Processes in Third Language Acquisition
Within the subcategories explicit elicit, implicit elicit and non-elicit, both English and German were used most in the non-elicit category (i.e. 'normal' codeswitching). In the elicit attempts, English occurred more in explicit elicit than implicit elicit, ...
Björn Hammarberg, 2009
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Immunology for Pharmacy Students
Therefore, an antigen is a substance that not only can elicit the formation of, but also can bind to, the induced antibodies. The terms “immunogen” and “antigen” are often used interchangeably. However, strictly speaking, an immunogen may ...
Wei-Chiang Shen, Stan G. Louie, 2003
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Kid's Box 3 Teacher's Book
Elicit some from the pairs/groups. 1 parrot, dog, bat, bear (parrot: a bird; the others are mammals) 2 jungle, forest, park, cinema (cinema: no trees) 3 island, waterfall, river, lake (island: not water) 4 dolphin, whale, shark, kangaroo (shark: not a ...
Melanie Williams, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ELICIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term elicit is used in the context of the following news items.
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Young performers elicit lots of laughs with Three...
The Three Little Pigs show a little attitude while explaining what types of houses they plan to build during a Huntsville Theatre Company's ... «www.muskokaregion.com/, Jul 15»
2
What Finland Can Teach America About Baseball
It is considered the national sport, and has been known to elicit uncharacteristic displays of emotion from the famously stoic Finns. Clapping, for ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
3
GE Healthcare, NBA collaborate on orthopedic, sports medicine …
... the resulting impact on athletes' health and missed playing time. The NBA and GE Healthcare plan to elicit research proposals later this year. «BizTimes.com, Jul 15»
4
Getting Ready to Jam with Colbert
... on the piano, which he can ply to elicit surprising moments of drop and lift, like a dry-humored comic talking straight through his punch lines. «The New Yorker, Jul 15»
5
Why food riots work in the 21st century
... for most rulers, the shame of food riots hitting the headlines is incentive enough to elicit some kind of response. They also highlight the plight ... «Open Democracy, Jul 15»
6
The Autistic Gardener, Channel 4, review: 'crashingly predictable'
He was also very good at being aware that the show was constructed to elicit people's sympathies. Over a montage of the young gardeners ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Featured Charities
... District), and Juvenile Court by providing forensic interviews to elicit first-hand information from the child in a non-threatening and non-leading manner. «The Official Site of the Nashville Predators, Jul 15»
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Watch: This kid really, really doesn't like poop or think it's worth …
We're guessing it was a sizeable and offensive turd to elicit such a strong reaction, so it's probably a good idea to never bring him to a zoo. «Entertainment.ie, Jul 15»
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PREMIERE: Adult Dude's “Riff Dog” is a straight shot of …
A perfect example of this is “Riff Dog,” a three-minute rocker that's earnest and exciting, and, played in front of the right crowd, might even elicit ... «Substream Magazine, Jul 15»
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How a NeuroRehab Startup Is Harnessing Music to Heal Brain Injury …
“Within the first five to 10 minutes of the session, the therapist was able to elicit more results—more interactions and responses—from him than ... «BostInno, Jul 15»

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