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- Elicit - a. - Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.
- Elicit - v. t. - 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.
- Elicitate - v. t. - To elicit.
- Elicitation - n. - The act of eliciting.
- Elicited - imp. & p. p. - of Elicit
- Eliciting - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Elicit
- Pump - v. t. - Figuratively, to draw out or obtain, as secrets or money, by persistent questioning or plying; to question or ply persistently in order to elicit something, as information, money, etc.
- Polygraph - n. - An instrument for detecting deceptive statements by a subject, by measuring several physiological states of the subject, such as pulse, heartbeat, and sweating. The instrument records these parameters on a strip of paper while the subject is asked questions designed to elicit emotional responses when the subject tries to deceive the interrogator. Also called lie detector
- Poll - v. t. - To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters; as, he polled a hundred votes more than his opponent.
- Query - v. t. - To put questions about; to elicit by questioning; to inquire into; as, to query the items or the amount; to query the motive or the fact.