elicitation

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

elicitation
    n 1: stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class
         of behaviors; "the elicitation of his testimony was not
         easy" [syn: {evocation}, {induction}, {elicitation}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Elicitation \E*lic`i*ta"tion\, n.
   The act of eliciting. [Obs.] --Abp. Bramhall.
   [1913 Webster]

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