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