(1):
(v. t.) To separate; to expel from the system; to excrete; as, the kidneys eliminate urea, the lungs carbonic acid; to eliminate poison from the system.
(2):
(v. t.) To obtain by separating, as from foreign matters; to deduce; as, to eliminate an idea or a conclusion.
(3):
(v. t.) To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.
(4):
(v. t.) To cause to disappear from an equation; as, to eliminate an unknown quantity.
(5):
(v. t.) To set aside as unimportant in a process of inductive inquiry; to leave out of consideration.