ellg1bleness

[Eng. eligible; -ne .] The quality or state of being eligible; eligibility. ěl-lg-1-bly, adv . [Eng. eligib ( le ); -ly .] In a manner deserving or fit to be chosen or preferred; suitably, desirably. *ě-like, a . [ALIKE.] Like, similar. *ěl-i-māte, v. t. [Lat. elimo : e=out, fully, and lima a file.] To polish, to render smooth. e-lim-I-nant, s. elimino.] [ELIMINATE.] [Lat. eliminans, pr. par. of 1. Math .: The result of eliminating n variables between n homogeneous equations of any degree. Called also RESULTANT (q. v.). 2. Med .: A remedy that causes absorption, or enables the system to throw off deleterious matter; e. g ., the iodides. ě-lim-i-nāte, v . t . [Lat. eliminatus , pa. par. of elimino to put out from the threshold, to publish: e =out, and limen (gen it. liminis )=a threshold; Fr. éliminer .] I. Ordinary Language: *1. Literally: (1) To thrust, put, or cast forth out of doors. ( Blount .) (2) To pa over the threshold; to pa beyond. 2. Figuratively : *(1) To set free from confinement, to set at large, to discharge. "Eliminate my spirit, give it range Through provinces of thought yet unexplored." Young: Night Thoughts , ix. 590, 591. (2) To discharge, to throw off, to vent. *(3) To publish abroad. ( Blount .) (1) To get rid of; to clear away. "To discharge and eliminate the errors that have been gathering and accumulating."-Lowth: Isaiah (Prelim. Disc.). (5) To leave out of an argument or consideration; to set aside, to pa over. *(6) To obtain by eliminating; to elicit, to deduce, to educe, to infer. "Conclusions which all are glad to accept after they have been painfully eliminated by others."-0. W. Holmes. II. Algebra : 1. To cause a quantity or quantities to disappear from an equation; to remove a quantity or quant i ties from each side of an equation. 2. To combine several equations containing several unknown quantities, so as to deduce therefrom a le number of equations containing a le number of unknown quantities.