elicit
ih-LIS-itverbMeaning to draw out a response, an answer or a feeling
Memory hook E-LICIT: draws OUT an “Ooh!”. Tia pulls a rabbit out of her hat, and the trick draws a gasp out of the crowd: it elicits a great big “Ooh!”
The clown’s silly walk elicited giggles from every child in the room.
In context The teacher’s question was meant to elicit more than a yes or a no; she wanted her students to explain their thinking out loud.
Similar draw out, evoke, bring out, prompt
Opposite suppress, stifle
From Latin elicere, “to draw out, to lure out”: e (out) + lacere (to lure).