Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to elicit
Participle: elicited
Gerund: eliciting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | elicit |
| you | elicit |
| he;she;it | elicits |
| we | elicit |
| you | elicit |
| they | elicit |
Perfect
| I | have elicited |
| you | have elicited |
| he;she;it | has elicited |
| we | have elicited |
| you | have elicited |
| they | have elicited |
Past
| I | elicited |
| you | elicited |
| he;she;it | elicited |
| we | elicited |
| you | elicited |
| they | elicited |
Pluperfect
| I | had elicited |
| you | had elicited |
| he;she;it | had elicited |
| we | had elicited |
| you | had elicited |
| they | had elicited |
Future
| I | will elicit |
| you | will elicit |
| he;she;it | will elicit |
| we | will elicit |
| you | will elicit |
| they | will elicit |
Future Perfect
| I | will have elicited |
| you | will have elicited |
| he;she;it | will have elicited |
| we | will have elicited |
| you | will have elicited |
| they | will have elicited |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | elicit |
| you | elicit |
| he;she;it | elicit |
| we | elicit |
| you | elicit |
| they | elicit |
Perfect
| I | have elicited |
| you | have elicited |
| he;she;it | have elicited |
| we | have elicited |
| you | have elicited |
| they | have elicited |
Imperfect
| I | elicited |
| you | elicited |
| he;she;it | elicited |
| we | elicited |
| you | elicited |
| they | elicited |
Pluperfect
| I | had elicited |
| you | had elicited |
| he;she;it | had elicited |
| we | had elicited |
| you | had elicited |
| they | had elicited |
Conditional
Present
| I | would elicit |
| you | would elicit |
| he;she;it | would elicit |
| we | would elicit |
| you | would elicit |
| they | would elicit |
Perfect
| I | would have elicited |
| you | would have elicited |
| he;she;it | would have elicited |
| we | would have elicited |
| you | would have elicited |
| they | would have elicited |
Imperative
| you | elicit |
| we | Let's elicit |
| you | elicit |
Verbs conjugated like 'elicit'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'elicit'
delimit,
elect,
evict,
limit,
solicit,
alibi,
alight,
belick,
belight,
belirt,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1624, from L.
elicitus, pp. of
elicere "draw forth," from
ex- "out" +
-licere, comb. form of
lacere "to entice."
2. Borrowed from Latin elicitus from eliciō (“draw forth”).
Verbs referencing "elicit"
German, old spelling
elizitieren, Spanish
elicitar.
Sample Sentences
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[...] on recognising a favourite playfellow and companion—herself a blind girl—who silently, and with an equal enjoyment of the coming surprise, took a seat beside her, was beautiful to witness. It elicited from her at first, as other slight circumstances did twice or thrice during my visit, an uncouth noise which was rather painful to hear. But of her teacher touching her lips, she immediately [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The faces of the women, as I have said, it humanises and refines. Whether this be because of their better nature, which is elicited in solitude, or because of their being gentler creatures, of greater patience and longer suffering, I do not know; but so it is. That the punishment is nevertheless, to my thinking, fully as cruel [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)