Want this question answered?
The teacher wanted to elicit a response from the students. Note: it has one L not two
The name given to these student protests was the sit-in protests.
To elicit something is to draw it out or call it forth. For example, "the teacher's question elicited an enthusiastic response from the class".
What you are trying to do is elicit an answer to your question: Elicit is to attempt to obtain. To get, to receive.
A meeting was called to elicit a solution to the problem.A meeting was called to elicit a solution to the problem.
What did you do to elicit that type of reaction from him?
A meeting was called to elicit a solution to the problem.
The past participle of elicit is elicited.
The detective was able to elicit the truth from the suspect during the interrogation.
A meeting was called to elicit a solution to a problem.
A meeting was called to elicit a solution to a problem.
The homophone for "elicit" is "illicit." Both words sound the same but have different meanings: "elicit" means to draw out or evoke a response, while "illicit" means illegal or forbidden.