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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ELU'TE, v.t. [L. eluo, elutum; qu. e and lavo. See Elutriate.]
To wash off; to cleanse.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: wash out with a solvent, as in chromatography

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (eluted; eluting) Etymology: Latin elutus, past participle of eluere to wash out, from e- + lavere to wash — more at lye Date: 1731 extract; specifically to remove (adsorbed material) from an adsorbent by means of a solvent • elution noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. Chem. remove (an adsorbed substance) by washing. Derivatives: elution n. Etymology: G eluieren (as ELUENT)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Elute E*lute", v. t. [L. elutus, p. p. of eluers to elute; e + luere to wash.] To wash out. [R.] --Arbuthnot.