OBVIATE
\ˈɒbvɪˌe͡ɪt], \ˈɒbvɪˌeɪt], \ˈɒ_b_v_ɪ__ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of OBVIATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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To anticipate; to prevent by interception; to remove from the way or path; to make unnecessary; as, to obviate the necessity of going.
By Oddity Software
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To anticipate; to prevent by interception; to remove from the way or path; to make unnecessary; as, to obviate the necessity of going.
By Noah Webster.
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To remove, or clear away beforehand, as difficulties or objections.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To remove, as a difficulty.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman