elicit
verb (used with object)
had been eliciting
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past perfect progressiveof elicit.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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While the sergeant had been eliciting these particulars, and writing an account of the affair, his men had searched the house from top to bottom, and reported absolute emptiness.
From '?19,000' by Burford Delannoy
In all probability it was this had been eliciting my sister’s laughter.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Mayne Reid
