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obviate

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɒb.viˌeɪt/Part of speech verbSorted abeiotvStarts with OEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. To make something unnecessary or prevent it from happening.

Word origin

First attested in 1567; borrowed from Latin obviātus, perfect passive participle of obviō (“to block, to hinder”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Used in a sentence

  • The door it was necessary to keep ajar in hers, as in most cottages, because of the smoke; but she obviated the effect of the ribbon of light through the chink by hanging a cloth over that also.
  • A mild dose of a warm active aperient to obviate costiveness, or to produce two motions daily, is generally very beneficial.
  • Some change requests, rather than extend the scope, obviate some of the existing scope of a project.

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