Definition of Eliminate. Meaning of Eliminate. Synonyms of Eliminate
Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Eliminate.
Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Eliminate and, of course, Eliminate synonyms and on the right images related to the word Eliminate.
Definition of Eliminate
Eliminate 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.
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.
