elicit

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

   hervorlocken, hervorrufen, auslösen

   вызыва́тьvyzyvátʹ, вы́зватьvýzvatʹ

   call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

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

   Fred wished to elicit the time of the meeting from Jane.

   Did you elicit a response?

   herauslocken, entlocken, hervorzaubern

   извлека́тьizvlekátʹ, извле́чьizvléčʹ

   витя́гуватиvytjáhuvaty, витяга́тиvytjaháty, ви́тягнутиvýtjahnuty

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

   schließen, schlussfolgern

   выявля́тьvyjavljátʹ, вы́явитьvýjavitʹ, устана́вливатьustanávlivatʹ

   derive by reason

1. That's sure to elicit a smile.

   deDas wird sicher ein Lächeln hervorlocken. — Yorwba

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2. Tom tried to elicit a response from Mary.

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3. We plan to elicit opinions from the public.

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4. Everyone knows that luck and wealth elicit envy.

   ruВсем известно, что удача и богатство вызывают зависть. — marafon

   deJeder weiß ja, dass Glück und Reichtum Neid hervorruft. — al_ex_an_der

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5. He tried to elicit a response from her.

   ruОн пытался добиться от неё ответа. — marafon

   deEr versuchte ihr eine Antwort zu entlocken. — Waldelfe

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