v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Eliminated p. pr. & vb. n. Eliminating ] [ L. eliminatus, p. p. of eliminare; e out + limen threshold; prob. akin to limes boundary. See Limit. ] 1. To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty. [ 1913 Webster ] Eliminate my spirit, give it range
Through provinces of thought yet unexplored. Young. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Alg.) To cause to disappear from an equation; as, to eliminate an unknown quantity. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To set aside as unimportant in a process of inductive inquiry; to leave out of consideration. [ 1913 Webster ] Eliminate errors that have been gathering and accumulating. Lowth. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. To obtain by separating, as from foreign matters; to deduce; as, to eliminate an idea or a conclusion. [ Recent, and not well authorized ] [ 1913 Webster ] 5. (Physiol.) To separate; to expel from the system; to excrete; as, the kidneys eliminate urea, the lungs carbonic acid; to eliminate poison from the system. [ 1913 Webster ] | 