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▪ I. † ˈobviate, ppl. a. Obs. rare—1.
[ad. L. obviāt-us, pa. pple. of obviāre: see next.]
= obviated.
1671True Nonconf. 12 This is already obviat by the Lord's own determination.
▪ II. obviate, v.|ˈɒbvɪeɪt|
[f. L. obviāt-, ppl. stem of obviāre to meet, withstand, oppose, prevent, f. ob against + via way. Cf. F. obvier (14th c., Godef.).]
†1. trans. To meet, encounter; hence, to withstand, oppose (a person or thing). Obs.
1600–9Rowlands Knaue of Clubbes 37 As on the way I Itinerated, A Rurall person I Obuiated, Interogating times Transitation. 1654Earl of Monmouth tr. Bentivoglio's Warrs of Flanders 326 [He] advanced suddenly with..300 Foot to obviat him. 1695J. Edwards Perfect. Script. Ded., You obviated their folly..with a profound wisdom. 1702J. Logan in Pa. Hist. Soc. Mem. IX. 84 To obviate those three unworthy charges..I have taken all proper courses.
2. To meet and dispose of or do away with (a thing); to clear out of the way; to prevent by anticipatory measures.
1598Yong Diana 338 So did she obuiate this doubt with a sudden remedie. 1656Cromwell Sp. 17 Sept. in Carlyle, That I might..advise with you about the remedies and means to obviate these dangers. 1692Bentley Boyle Lect. 243 [This] will obviate and preclude the most considerable objections of our adversaries. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 148 ⁋11 But how has he obviated the inconveniences of old age? 1804Ld. Ellenborough in East's Rep. V. 254 The defect..cannot..be obviated in the manner suggested. 1868Rogers Pol. Econ. iv. (1876) 38 The risk of transporting money from one country to another has been obviated by the use of..Bills of Exchange.
†b. To anticipate, forestall. Obs.
1712Addison Spect. No. 367 ⁋4 If I do not take care to obviate some of my witty Readers, they will be apt to tell me, that my Paper..is still beneficial [etc.].
†3. To lie in the way between. Obs. rare.
1705Scarburgh Euclid 8 A Strait line is That, All whose intermedial Parts do obviate the Extreams. |