eliminate English · revision 7445

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1568|origins=la limen}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/ ''(UK)''; /ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/, /ɪˈlɪm.ə.neɪt/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|eliminatus]], the past participle of [[m|la|elimino|alt=ēlīmināre|t=to thrust out of doors, expel]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from the phrase ex līmine, off the threshold, from [[m|la|ex|t=out]] and [[m|la|limen|t=threshold]] (see [[liminal]]).^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(Cresswell 2021) Barnhart allows the influence of Middle French éliminer.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To thrust out of doors, expel: 1568.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ To divulge secrets is an obsolete sense of 1608.^(OED 1989) To exclude, remove or get rid of, in general, is attested by 1714.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) In chemistry, to expel a constituent from a compound is from 1794–96,^(OED 1989) and to expel waste from the body by about 1795.^(Etymonline) To set aside as irrelevant is from 1850,^(OED 1989) and in mathematics, to remove a quantity from equations follows.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023) To kill is a later euphemistic sense.^(Cresswell 2021)^(Dalzell 2013)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1568 – to thrust out of doors.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1714 – to get rid of.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1794 – in chemistry.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1795 – to excrete.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1850 – to disregard.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To remove or get rid of completely.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To exclude from further participation in a competition.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(euphemistic)'' To kill.^(Chambers 2008)^(Dalzell 2013)

+ # ''(physiology)'' To expel waste from the body.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[elimination]]

+ * [[eliminator]]

+ * [[eliminative]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[limit]]

+ * [[liminal]]

+ * [[preliminary]]

+ * [[subliminal]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}