different between impair vs eliminate

English

Alternative forms

• empair (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

From Middle English impairen, empeiren, from Old French empeirier, variant of empirier (“to worsen”), from Vulgar Latin *imp?i?r?, from im- + Late Latin p?i?r? (“to make worse”), from peior (“worse”), comparative of malus (“bad”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?p??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Verb

impair (third-person singular simple present impairs, present participle impairing, simple past and past participle impaired)

1. (transitive) To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
2. (intransitive, archaic) To grow worse; to deteriorate.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)

Synonyms

• blunt, diminish, hurt, lessen, mar, reduce, weaken, worsen

Derived terms

• impairment

Translations

Adjective

impair (comparative more impair, superlative most impair)

1. (obsolete) Not fit or appropriate; unsuitable.

Further reading

• impair in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• impair in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• impair at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imp?r, equivalent to im- +? pair.

Adjective

impair (feminine singular impaire, masculine plural impairs, feminine plural impaires)

1. odd (of a number)

   Antonym: pair

Derived terms

• fonction impaire
• nombre impair

References

• “impair” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Antonyms

• pair

Anagrams

• primai

English

Etymology

From Latin eliminatus, past participle of eliminare (“to turn out of doors, banish”), from e (“out”) + limen (“a threshold”), akin to limes (“a boundary”); see limit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?m?ne?t/

Verb

eliminate (third-person singular simple present eliminates, present participle eliminating, simple past and past participle eliminated)

1. (transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
2. (transitive, slang) To kill (a person or animal).

   a ruthless mobster who eliminated his enemies

3. (transitive, intransitive, physiology) To excrete (waste products).
4. (transitive) To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).

   Bill was eliminated as a suspect when the police interviewed witnesses.

   John was eliminated as a contestant when it was found he had gained, rather than lost, weight.

5. (accounting) To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:destroy, abrogate, abolish
• (excrete): See Thesaurus:urinate and Thesaurus:defecate

Related terms

• eliminable
• eliminant
• elimination
• eliminative
• eliminator
• eliminatory

Hyponyms

• give the chop to
• give the boot to
• give the sack to
• give the walking papers to

Translations

Further reading

• eliminate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• eliminate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

References

Anagrams

• itameline

Italian

Verb

eliminate

1. second-person plural present indicative of eliminare
2. second-person plural imperative of eliminare
3. feminine plural of eliminato

Latin

Verb

?l?min?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ?l?min?