elicit from

elicit something from someone

to obtain information from someone. I hoped to elicit a statement from the mayor, but I could not reach her. Larry was not able to elicit anything new from Jane.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hieremias	-	Biblical Latin
Cleisthenes	KLIES-thə-neez (English)	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Khanpasha	-	Chechen
Richardine	rich-ər-DEEN	English (Rare)
Feidhlim	FE-lim	Irish
Sukarno	soo-KAHR-no	Indonesian, Javanese