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eliciting

i-LIS-it-ing/ɪˈlɪsɪtɪŋ/

Noun pluralelicitings

2 meanings of eliciting

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of elicit. Use it after "is" or "was", or as a noun for the act.

    The teacher was eliciting ideas from the class before the lesson began.

    Eliciting a smile from the grumpy baby took the whole afternoon.

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  2. 2
    nouncountable
    One act of getting an answer, feeling, or piece of information out of someone.
    The centrality of these elicitings to Prospero's type of power can only be assumed in the case of Caliban, but is manifest in his use of them to shape the minds of the nobles and confuse the conspiracy of the clowns.
    1992, Mary Beth Rose, Essays on Epistemological Transformations and Theater HistoryHere, elicitings means times when a response or reaction is drawn out of someone.
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eliciting is a form of elicit

elicit, verb: To make someone feel or react in a certain way, or to get a reaction or answer. Full entry

Forms
elicitelicits he/she/iteliciting -ing formelicited past tense, past participle
Spelling
elicit → eliciting: add -ing

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