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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The act of eliciting, or of drawing out.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The act of eliciting; or, an elicited thing.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The act of eliciting.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors

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  • artoparts Confucius suggested studying and teaching methods such as elicitation and advocated a discussion method among his disciples and himself. See also John Dewey. Oct 15, 2009

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