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 E·lim·i·nate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eliminated p. pr. & vb. n. Eliminating ]
 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.
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