elicit

Meaning

1. To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.
2. To draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something.
3. To use logic to arrive at truth; to derive by reason

disclose

make inquiries

renege on

be the cause of

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈlɪsɪt/

Borrowed from Latin elicitus from eliciō (“draw forth”).

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