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eliminability

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e⋅lim⋅i⋅nate

  [i-lim-uh-neyt]
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–verb (used with object), -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing.
1. to remove or get rid of, esp. as being in some way undesirable: to eliminate risks; to eliminate hunger.
2. to omit, esp. as being unimportant or irrelevant; leave out: I have eliminated all statistical tables, which are of interest only to the specialist.
3. to remove from further consideration or competition, esp. by defeating in a contest.
4. to eradicate or kill: to eliminate the enemy.
5. Physiology. to void or expel from an organism.
6. Mathematics. to remove (a quantity) from an equation by elimination.
Origin:
1560–70; 1915–20 for def. 4; < L ēlīminātus turned out of doors (ptp. of ēlīmināre), equiv. to ē- e- + līmin-, s. of līmen threshold + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
e⋅lim⋅i⋅na⋅bil⋅i⋅ty  [i-lim-uh-nuh-bil-i-tee] , noun
e⋅lim⋅i⋅na⋅tive, adjective

Synonyms:
1, 2. reject.

Antonyms:
2. include.
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Word Origin & History

eliminate 
1568, from L. eliminatus, pp. of eliminare "thrust out of doors, expel," from ex limine "off the threshold," from ex "off, out" + limine, abl. of limen "threshold." Used literally at first; sense of "exclude" first attested 1714; sense of "expel waste from the body" is c.1795.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: elim·i·nate
Pronunciation: -"nAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -nat·ed; -nat·ing
: toexpel (as waste) from the living body
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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