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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, estääFrom Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
obviate Engelska vb. förebyggaFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Obviate /ˈɒbvɪˌeɪt/ أزلFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
obviate /ˈɒbvɪˌeɪt/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]vyhnout se
obviate /ˈɒbvɪˌeɪt/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]zamezit
obviate /ˈɒbvɪˌeɪt/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]odstranit
obviate /ˈɒbvɪˌeɪt/From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]zabránit
obviate //ˈɒb.viˌeɪt// //ˈɔb.viˌeɪt//From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]välttää to bypass a requirement
obviate /ˈɒbvɪˌeɪt/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. जरूरी न समझना "The flyover obviates the need to drive at a snail's pace."
obviate /ˈɒbvɪˌeɪt/ izbjegavati, kloniti se, odstraniti, uklonitiFrom English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
obviate //ˈɒb.viˌeɪt// //ˈɔb.viˌeɪt//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]förebygga, kringgå, undanröja, undvika to bypass a requirement
obviate /ˈɒbvɪˌeɪt/ 1. etkili tedbirlerle önünü almak, önlemek.From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈɑbviˌeɪt/
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 offFrom 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