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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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e·lim·i·nate   (ĭ-lĭm'ə-nāt')   
tr.v.   e·lim·i·nat·ed, e·lim·i·nat·ing, e·lim·i·nates
  1. To get rid of; remove: an effort to eliminate homelessness; eliminated his enemies.
    1. To leave out or omit from consideration; reject.
    2. To remove from consideration by defeating, as in a contest.
  3. Mathematics To remove (an unknown quantity) by combining equations.
  4. Physiology To excrete (bodily wastes).

[Latin ēlīmināre, ēlīmināt-, to banish : ē-, ex-, ex- + līmen, līmin-, threshold.]
e·lim'i·na'tion n., e·lim'i·na'tive, e·lim'i·na·to'ry (-nə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj., e·lim'i·na'tor n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to wipe out someone or something, especially by using drastic methods such as banishment or execution: eliminated all opposition; eradicate guerrilla activity; liquidating traitors; purged the army of dissidents.
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Eliminate

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. 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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Language Translation for : eliminate
Spanish: eliminar,
German: ausschließen, ausscheiden,
Japanese: 除く
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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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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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