elicitive
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "We own, That as he ought to take care of the Maintenance of the Miniſtry, Schools, and Poor, ſo imperatively he may command Church Officers to do their Duties; yet we deny him an elicitive Power, either to do himſelf what is incumbent to Church Officres,^([sic]) or to depute others to adminiſter Ordinances in his Name, or by any Miniſterial Poever received from him."
- "The will, therefore, considered as an elicitive principle, would be both active and passive in seeking the end."
- "For example, some mediators are very elicitive and ask the parties a variety of questions, while others are quite directive in guiding the parties throughout the session, […]"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ēlicitīvus
Inflected Forms
more elicitive (comparative)
most elicitive (superlative)