Eliminate

Definition of Eliminate

E`lim´i`nate

v. t.	1.	To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty. [imp. & p. p. Eliminated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Eliminating .] 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.
	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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