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elicitating

elicitating is the present participle and gerund of elicitate.

Meaning of elicitate

Verb

elicitate (third-person singular simple present elicitates, present participle elicitating, simple past and past participle elicitated)

  1. To elicit.
    • The ideas elicitated in this manner, are, in every respect, similar to those proceeding from the senses.1832, Samuel Jackson, The Principles of Medicine, page 237

Questions about elicitating

What is elicitating the present participle and gerund of?
Elicitating is the present participle and gerund of elicitate.

Words near elicitating in the dictionary

  1. elicitability
  2. elicitable
  3. elicitate
  4. elicitated
  5. elicitates
  6. elicitating
  7. elicitation
  8. elicitations
  9. elicited
  10. eliciteth
  11. elicitin

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