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Elicit
- verb - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
- deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"
- derive by reason; "elicit a solution"
Elided
- verb - leave or strike out; "This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant"
Elides
- verb - leave or strike out; "This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant"
Elijah
- noun - a Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols; he was persecuted for rebuking Ahab and Jezebel (king and queen of Israel); he was taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire (circa 9th century BC)
Elisor
- - An elector or chooser; one of two persons appointed by a court to return a jury or serve a writ when the sheriff and the coroners are disqualified.
Elites
- noun - a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
Elixir
- noun - a substance believed to cure all ills
- a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste
- hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold