The art through communication of getting a particular response or piece of information from someone As practitioners of Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Ericksonian hypnosis, we are involved in eliciting from clients the resources they need to take themselves from the present state to their desired outcome
Evoking a state by word, behavior, gesture or any stimuli Gathering information by direct observation of non-verbal signals or by asking meta-model questions
If you elicit a response or a reaction, you do or say something which makes other people respond or react. Mr Norris said he was hopeful that his request would elicit a positive response
If you elicit a piece of information, you get it by asking the right questions. Phone calls elicited no further information. to succeed in getting information or a reaction from someone, especially when this is difficult (elicitus, past participle of elicere )