Hyphenation of elicit

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word elicit? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

elic-it

Definitions of elicit:

1.	Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) Arouse pity Raise a smile Evoke sympathy
2.	Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant
3.	Derive by reason Elicit a solution

Synonyms of elicit:

verb	arouse, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke, make, create
verb	educe, evoke, extract, draw out, interpret, construe, see
verb	deduce, infer, deduct, derive

Last hyphenations of this language

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