elicit
English Thesaurus
1. derive by reason (verb.cognition)
2. deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) (verb.creation)
3. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) (verb.emotion)
| hypernym | : | create, make, |
| definition | : | make or cause to be or to become (verb.creation) |
| hyponym | : | ask for, invite, |
| definition | : | increase the likelihood of (verb.emotion) |
| hyponym | : | draw, |
| definition | : | elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc. (verb.emotion) |
| hyponym | : | rekindle, |
| definition | : | arouse again (verb.emotion) |
| hyponym | : | infatuate, |
| definition | : | arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way (verb.emotion) |
| hyponym | : | prick, |
| definition | : | to cause a sharp emotional pain (verb.emotion) |
| hyponym | : | excite, |
| definition | : | arouse or elicit a feeling (verb.emotion) |
| hyponym | : | anger, |
| definition | : | make angry (verb.emotion) |
| hyponym | : | shame, |
| definition | : | cause to be ashamed (verb.emotion) |
| hyponym | : | interest, |
| definition | : | excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | arousal, rousing, |
| definition | : | the act of arousing (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | elicitation, evocation, induction, |
| definition | : | stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | provocative, |
| definition | : | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | arousal, rousing, |
| definition | : | the act of arousing (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | elicitation, evocation, induction, |
| definition | : | stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | provocative, |
| definition | : | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy (adj.all) |
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