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Definitions
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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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