ELIMINATE

eliminate. Eliminate, v.t. to expel or set at liberty

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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. 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. 2. (Alg.) To cause to disappear from an equation; as, to eliminate an unknown quantity.
3. 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. 4. To obtain by separating, as from foreign matters; to deduce; as, to eliminate an idea or a conclusion.
5. 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.