verb

1. To evoke, educe (emotions, feelings, responses, etc.); to generate, obtain, or provoke as a response or answer.

2. To draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something.

   “Did you elicit a response?”

3. To use logic to arrive at truth; to derive by reason

Synonyms: construe, deduce

adjective

1. Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident.