ELIM'INATE, verb transitive [Latin elimino; e or ex and limen, threshhold.] 1. To thrust out of doors. 2. To expel; to thrust out; to discharge, or throw off; to set at liberty. This detains secretions which nature finds it necessary to eliminate
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI