elicitationn.
/ɪˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃən/ The action of eliciting or drawing forth. (See quots. and cf. elicit adj.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > [noun]
contrivingc1330
discoverya1527
inventiona1538
out-finding1554
boulting out1563
reperition1610
elicitation1655
ascertainment1821
the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] > condition of being active > evolution from an active power
elicitation1655
1655 J. Bramhall Def. True Liberty 172 By elicitation, he understands, a perswading or enticing with flattering words... But that elicitation, which the Schools intend, is a deducing of the power of the will into act.
1874 O. A. Brownson Wks. V. 573 That the elicitation of the act is not necessary..to salvation.
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