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elicits

  • present tense form
    of elicit (3rd person singular).
    elicit
    verb (used with object)
    to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke.

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These days, news that the housing market continues to be in a funk barely elicits an eyebrow raise from traders.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

The role should evoke the word’s maternal roots, the sense of comfort and care that a house mother elicits.

From Salon ● May 10, 2026

There are many places where “rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,” from one of Shakespeare’s sonnets, elicits a nod of recognition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

A real showboater is someone whose very mention elicits warm, fuzzy memories of flamboyant flicks and trickery.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026

Like pregnancy, being a foreigner, Ashima believes, is something that elicits the same curiosity from strangers, the same combination of pity and respect.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri