elicit
verb (used with object)
have been eliciting
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present perfect progressiveof elicit.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The last thing that she would have thought of would have been eliciting any compassion from those who thus fortuitously met her on her sad errand.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke by Alexander Maclaren
