elicit in WordNet English dictionary

1. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
   "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
   arouse  elicit  enkindle  kindle  evoke  fire  raise  provoke 
   
2. deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
   "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
   educe  evoke  elicit  extract  draw out 
   
3. derive by reason
   "elicit a solution"
   elicit