Meaning of OBVIATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'âbvee`eyt
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- [v] prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
- [v] do away with
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| | Synonyms: | | avert, avoid, debar, deflect, eliminate, fend off, head off, rid of, stave off, ward off |
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| | Antonyms: | | ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take | | |
| | See Also: | | close out, forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, preclude, prevent, rule out | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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