All 3 Uses
elicit
in
Glass, by Ellen Hopkins
(Edited)
- But this guy goes way beyond Adam-older, buffer, with slate gray eyes that fix on me, eliciting chills that I can't describe.
eliciting = getting or bringing out in response
- He pulls me to him, kisses me easily on the mouth, eliciting jealous stares from customers and salesgirls.
*eliciting = bringing out in response
- Trey's next query, about "availability," elicits an "Oh, duh" moment.
elicits = gets or brings out in response
Definitions:
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(1)
(elicit) get or bring out in response -- such as information or a feeling
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)