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Verb elicit has 3 senses
- arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
--1 is one way to make, create
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out - deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
--2 is one way to interpret, construe, see
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- elicit - derive by reason; "elicit a solution"
--3 is one way to deduce, infer, deduct, derive
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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