Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of elicit
nouneliciting (plural elicitings)
plural elicitings
- An elicitation.
The centrality of these elicitings to Prospero's type of power can only be assumed in the case of Caliban, but is manifest in his use of them to shape the minds of the nobles and confuse the conspiracy of the clowns.
1992, Mary Beth Rose, Essays on Epistemological Transformations and Theater History, page 23
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