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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To meet in the way. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Not to stir a step to obviate any of a different
              religion.                             --Fuller.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To anticipate; to prevent by interception; to remove from
        the way or path; to make unnecessary; as, to obviate the
        necessity of going.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To lay down everything in its full light, so as to
              obviate all exceptions.               --Woodward.
        [1913 Webster]

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) 2.0 :   [ 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]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  obviate
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la obviō  2 p pres actv impr)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: obviar)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  obviate
     a.
     (lb en linguistics) (syn of en obviative)
     n.
     (lb en linguistics) (syn of en obviative)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something
  which would otherwise have been necessary or required).
     2 (lb en transitive) To avoid (a future problem or difficult
  situation).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  obviate
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la obviō  2 p pres actv impr)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: obviar)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  obviate
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la obviō  2 p pres actv impr)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: obviar)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  obviate
     Englanti vb.
     1 poistaa, tehdä tarpeeton
     2 ehkäistä, estää

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  obviate
     Engelska vb.
     förebygga

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Obviate /ˈɒbvɪˌeɪt/
  أزل

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  obviate /ˈɒbvɪˌeɪt/ 
  vyhnout se

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  obviate /ˈɒbvɪˌeɪt/ 
  zamezit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  obviate /ˈɒbvɪˌeɪt/ 
  odstranit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  obviate /ˈɒbvɪˌeɪt/ 
  zabránit

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  obviate //ˈɒb.viˌeɪt// //ˈɔb.viˌeɪt// 
  välttää
  to bypass a requirement

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  obviate /ˈɒbvɪˌeɪt/ 
  1. जरूरी न समझना
        "The flyover obviates the need to drive at a snail's pace."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  obviate /ˈɒbvɪˌeɪt/
  izbjegavati, kloniti se, odstraniti, ukloniti

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  obviate //ˈɒb.viˌeɪt// //ˈɔb.viˌeɪt// 
  förebygga, kringgå, undanröja, undvika
  to bypass a requirement

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  obviate /ˈɒbvɪˌeɪt/
  1. etkili tedbirlerle önünü almak, önlemek.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɑbviˌeɪt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "obviate":
     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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 除去,排除,回避;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 除去,排除,回避,预防,避免

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