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Webster 1913 Edition

Eliminate

E-lim′i-nate

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Eliminate

ELIM'INATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. elimino; e or ex and limen, threshhold.]
1.
To thrust out of doors.
2.
To expel; to thrust out; to discharge, or throw off; to set at liberty.
This detains secretions which nature finds it necessary to eliminate.

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