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Definition: ELICITING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. To produce, create or generate. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To obtain or procure. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To defy, induce or provoke. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To arouse, excite, incite, rouse or stimulate. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. To entice or seduce. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. To cause, entail, inflict or activate. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. To conduce, drive or lead. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. To draw, pull, drag, entrain or educe.[Eve - graph theoretic]
9. Present participle conjugation of the verb elicit.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(elicit)
1. Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).[Wordnet].
2. Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning).[Wordnet].
3. Derive by reason; "elicit a solution".[Wordnet].
4. 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.[Websters].
5. Base verb from the following inflections: eliciting, elicited, elicits, elicitor, elicitors, elicitingly and elicitedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective 1. Being grasping. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. Being enticing or tempting. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Being stimulating or encouraging. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Being excited. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. Being floating. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. Being retiring. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. Being overpowering. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. Being irritating or energizing. [Eve - graph theoretic]
9. Being decreasing, dwindling or diminishing. [Eve - graph theoretic]
10. Being fascinating, captivating, enchanting or ravishing.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "Eliciting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1548. (references)

Specialty Definition: ELICITING

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Verb] Drawing out; bringing to light; striking out.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary [Verb] Present participle of elicit. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Definition: ELICITING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. To produce, create or generate. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To obtain or procure. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To defy, induce or provoke. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To arouse, excite, incite, rouse or stimulate. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. To entice or seduce. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. To cause, entail, inflict or activate. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. To conduce, drive or lead. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. To draw, pull, drag, entrain or educe.[Eve - graph theoretic]
9. Present participle conjugation of the verb elicit.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(elicit)
1. Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).[Wordnet].
2. Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning).[Wordnet].
3. Derive by reason; "elicit a solution".[Wordnet].
4. 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.[Websters].
5. Base verb from the following inflections: eliciting, elicited, elicits, elicitor, elicitors, elicitingly and elicitedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective1. Being grasping. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. Being enticing or tempting. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Being stimulating or encouraging. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Being excited. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. Being floating. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. Being retiring. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. Being overpowering. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. Being irritating or energizing. [Eve - graph theoretic]
9. Being decreasing, dwindling or diminishing. [Eve - graph theoretic]
10. Being fascinating, captivating, enchanting or ravishing.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "ELICITING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1548. (references)

Specialty Definition: ELICITING

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Verb] Drawing out; bringing to light; striking out.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary[Verb] Present participle of elicit. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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