elicitation

2 definitions found

elicitation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

elicitation - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]