[f. as prec. + -ATION.] The action of eliciting or drawing forth. (See quots. and cf. ELICIT a.)

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1656.  Hobbes, Liberty, Necess. & Ch. (1841), 283. By elicitation, he understands a persuading or enticing with flattering words…. That elicitation which the Schools intend, is a deducing of the power of the will into act.

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1874.  O. Brownson, Wks., V. 573. That the elicitation of the act is not necessary, in the case of every adult, to salvation.

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