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.]
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1. To meet in the way. [Obs.]
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Not to stir a step to obviate any of a different
religion. --Fuller.
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2. To anticipate; to prevent by interception; to remove from
the way or path; to make unnecessary; as, to obviate the
necessity of going.
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To lay down everything in its full light, so as to
obviate all exceptions. --Woodward.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "obviate":
anticipate, avert, bar, debar, deflect, deter, discourage,
dishearten, estop, exclude, fend, fend off, forbid, foreclose,
forestall, help, interfere, interpose, intervene, keep from,
keep off, preclude, prevent, prohibit, repel, rule out, save,
stave off, turn aside, ward, ward off
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
avert, avoid, debar, deflect, eliminate, fend off, head off, rid of, stave off, ward off
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