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/ˈɑbviˌeɪt/ Listen

verb

Obviate v. t. (past & past part. obviated; pres. part. obviating)

To meet in the way. (Obs.) "Not to stir a step to obviate any of a different religion."

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."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Obviate" Quotes from Famous Books

... same time a telegram was sent down to Cape Coast, requesting the commandant there to arrest all the men who came in, and try to punish them as deserters. It was some satisfaction to know that they would be flogged, though this did not obviate the inconvenience ...

— Through Three Campaigns - A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti • G. A. Henty

... choice by the people, however, did not meet with general favour. To obviate the difficulty, Ellsworth and King suggested the device of an electoral college, in which the electors should be chosen by the state legislatures, and should hold a meeting at the federal city for the sole purpose of deciding upon a chief magistrate. It was then objected ...

— The Critical Period of American History • John Fiske

... flashing of a single lightning message ahead, to arrest our progress and dissipate all our fondest hopes. There was no telegraphic station where we took the train, but we knew not how soon our enemies might reach one, or whether they might not have a portable battery at command. To obviate all danger on this point, we stopped, after running some four miles, to cut ...

— Daring and Suffering: - A History of the Great Railroad Adventure • William Pittenger

... against a mysterious foreigner charged with using a forged identity book, the police said they did not know the real name and address of the man. The Bench decided to obviate the difficulty in the matter of ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, Jan. 29, 1919 • Various

... then thought he had found a way to obviate such consequences. It was that Vaninka should approach the Holy Table with the other young girls; the priest would stop before her as before all the others, but only say to her, "Pray and weep;" ...

— CELEBRATED CRIMES, COMPLETE - VANINKA • ALEXANDRE DUMAS, PERE

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