E*lim"i*nate (?), 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.
Eliminate my spirit, give it range
Through provinces of thought yet unexplored.
Young.
2. (Alg.) To cause to disappear from
an equation; as, to eliminate an unknown quantity.
3. To set aside as unimportant in a process
of inductive inquiry; to leave out of consideration.
Eliminate errors that have been gathering and
accumulating.
Lowth.
4. To obtain by separating, as from foreign
matters; to deduce; as, to eliminate an idea or a
conclusion. [Recent, and not well authorized]
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.
