Elicited
[i'lisitid]
Definition
(adj.) called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation; 'evoked potentials'; 'an elicited response' .
Typist: Silvia--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Elicit
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Examples
- I have proved you in that time by sundry tests: and what have I seen and elicited? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It might be myself, or it might be my homely mourning habit, that elicited this mark of contempt; more likely, both. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But after this he has no more to say; the answers which he makes are only elicited from him by the dialectic of Socrates. Plato. The Republic.
- The girl's beauty elicited many brutal comments and vulgar jests. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- For a moment there was no reply, and Tarzan added a few more ounces of pressure, which elicited a horrified shriek of pain from the great beast. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- According to the legend, this great discovery elicited extravagant demonstrations of joy. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This exclamation was elicited by his having turned the lantern off again, and on again, and being visible at the foot of the third mound. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It elicited an answering chorus of Good day! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- On the way, Arthur elicited from his new friend a confused summary of the interior life of Bleeding Heart Yard. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The conversations with Edison that elicited these stories brought out some details as to peril that attends experimentation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- His appearance had at first elicited some laughing though not ill-natured remarks from the merry Shirley. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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