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obviate


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Obviate  \Ob"vi*ate\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Obviated};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Obviating}.]  [L.  obviare;  ob  (see  {Ob-})  +  viare  to 
  go  fr  via  way  See  {Voyage}.] 
  1.  To  meet  in  the  way  [Obs.] 
 
  Not  to  stir  a  step  to  obviate  any  of  a  different 
  religion.  --Fuller. 
 
  2.  To  anticipate;  to  prevent  by  interception;  to  remove  from 
  the  way  or  path;  to  make  unnecessary;  as  to  obviate  the 
  necessity  of  going. 
 
  To  lay  down  everything  in  its  full  light,  so  as  to 
  obviate  all  exceptions.  --Woodward. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  obviate 
  v  1:  do  away  with  [syn:  {rid  of},  {eliminate}]  [ant:  {necessitate}] 
  2:  prevent  the  occurrence  of  prevent  from  happening;  "Let's 
  avoid  a  confrontation";  "head  off  a  confrontation";  "avert 
  a  strike"  [syn:  {debar},  {deflect},  {avert},  {head  off},  {stave 
  off},  {fend  off},  {avoid},  {ward  off}] 




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