"elicitation" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-elicitation.wav [Southern-England] Forms: elicitations [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English elicit Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English elicitation From elicit + -ation. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|elicit|-ation|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English elicit Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English elicitation [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-tiHō", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-Hō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ātiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ation", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-acioun", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ation", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "elicitation", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="elicitation"> From elicit + -ation. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} elicitation (countable and uncountable, plural elicitations)
  1. The act of eliciting. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of eliciting): Erheben [neuter] (German), Erhebung [feminine] (German), Ermitteln [neuter] (German), Ermittlung [feminine] (German), Erfassen [neuter] (German), Erfassung [feminine] (German), suscitación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-elicitation-en-noun-9Knexhot Disambiguation of 'act of eliciting': 97 3
  2. Something that is elicited. Tags: countable, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: photoelicitation

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