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obviate(dictionary)

obviate (iou)



obviate verb trans. L16.
[Late Latin obviat- pa. ppl stem of obviare meet in the way, prevent, from ob- OB- + via way: see -ATE3. Cf. OBVIOUS.]
Encounter and dispose of; get round, do away with, (esp. a difficulty, need, etc.). L16.
M. N. Cox Analogies can..convey meaning in such a vivid..form that many pages of..arid description are obviated. Independent The new emphasis does not obviate the need for financial assistance to developing countries.
Meet; withstand, oppose. E17-E18.
obvi'ation noun (a) the action of obviating something; prevention; (b) Linguistics the use, in some N. American Indian languages, of the obviative: LME.