Definition of "eliciting" []

• Present participle of elicit. (verb)

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• "The poor poets epistles are exhibited, but the epistles he receives are kept out of sight, though such epistles perhaps were the chief agents in eliciting the very thoughts and diction of his own."
• "DGA President, Taylor Hackford said, “television directors play a crucial role in eliciting performance, advancing the story and establishing the look and feel in all genres of television”."
• "Having asked various questions, I have not been my usual forensic self in eliciting answers."