All 4 Uses of
elicit
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- Up the broad flight of shallow steps, Monsieur the Marquis, flambeau preceded, went from his carriage, sufficiently disturbing the darkness to elicit loud remonstrance from an owl in the roof of the great pile of stable building away among the trees.†
Chpt 2.9
- It elicited an answering chorus of "Good day!"†
Chpt 2.15 *
- His indifference to fire was sufficiently remarkable to elicit a word of remonstrance from Mr. Lorry; his boot was still upon the hot embers of the flaming log, when it had broken under the weight of his foot.†
Chpt 3.9
- Defarge, a weak minority, interposed a few words for the memory of the compassionate wife of the Marquis; but only elicited from his own wife a repetition of her last reply.†
Chpt 3.12
Definition:
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(elicit) get or bring out in response -- such as information or a feeling