Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for E-LIM'I-NATE
E-LIM'I-NATE, v.t. [L. elimino; e or ex and limen, threshhold.]
- To thrust out of doors. Lovelace.
- To expel; to thrust out; to discharge, or throw off; to set at liberty. This detains secretions which nature finds it necessary to eliminate. Med. Repos.
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