OBVIATED

Verb

obviated

simple past tense and past participle of obviate

Source: Wiktionary


OBVIATE

Ob"vi*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obviated; p. pr. & vb. n. Obviating.] Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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