[elim.i.nate] vt -nat.ed ; -nat.ing [L eliminatus, pp. of eliminare, fr. e- + limin-, limen threshold] (1568) 1 a: to cast out or get rid of: remove, eradicate "the need to ~ poverty" b: to set aside as unimportant: ignore
2: to expel (as waste) from the living body
3: to cause (as an unknown) to disappear by combining two or more mathematical equations -- elim.i.na.tive adj -- elim.i.na.tor n