eliminatev. t.[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.()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.()