0 to get or produce something, especially information or a reaction: --
The questionnaire was intended to elicit information on eating habits.
The teacher elicits definitions from the students.
In this teaching practice, teachers elicit and build on their students' mathematical insights.
1 to obtain something, esp. information or a reaction: --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.