Hypertext Webster Gateway: "obviate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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