01 v. t. To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.
imp. & p. p.
Eliminated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Eliminating
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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.
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To cause to disappear from an equation; as, to eliminate an unknown quantity.(Alg.)
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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.
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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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To separate; to expel from the system; to excrete; as, the kidneys eliminate urea, the lungs carbonic acid; to eliminate poison from the system.(Physiol.)