obviationn.

Brit.

/ˌɒbvɪˈeɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌɑbviˈeɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: Middle English obuiacioun, 1600s 1800s– obviation.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin obviation-, obviatio.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin obviation-, obviatio meeting, encounter (5th–6th cent.), action of preventing (late 13th cent. in the passage translated in quot. a1400 at sense 1) < classical Latin obviāt- , past participial stem of obviāre obviate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. With sense 2 compare Middle French obviacion , obviation meeting, encounter (14th cent.). With sense 3 compare obviative n. and adj.

1. The action of preventing or avoiding something by anticipatory measures; prevention.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > obviating or averting

obviationa1400

averting1628

averruncation1658

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 100 A surgian muste þanne be bisy..wiþ obuiacioun [L. obviatione] defendinge þe lyme þat noon of þe iij causis tofore seid ne come nouȝt into þe wounde.

1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 64 By waie..of obviation, prævention, præoccupation, and anticipation.

1850 Harper's Mag. Nov. 823/1 When I reflected that I might be assisting an assassin to fly from justice, I conceived I was acting perfectly correct in adopting any means (no matter how bad) for the obviation of so horrid a consummation.

1890 Times 20 June 5/1 The obviation of all cause of quarrel between Germany and England is..an object of great price.

1940 Amer. Econ. Rev. 30 346 Since it is the war which will obviate these valuers, we can hardly omit these values on the ground that the obviation of the valuers will make them nonexistent.

1990 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Aug. 822 The gains would be..the obviation of the need to construct the large humanities reading-room at St. Pancras.

†2. The action of meeting or encountering something; contact with or exposure to something. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 133 (MED) He holde gode diete & gode gouernance in..þingez not naturale..þat is..accidentez of þe soule, obuiacioun, i. metyng of þingz fro withoutforþ.

3. Linguistics. The marking of a subsidiary third person (in Algonquian and certain other languages); the expression of the obviative. Cf. obviative n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [noun] > person > obviative > use of

obviation1927

1927 L. Bloomfield in Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 4 191 Although obviation is confined to animate nouns..verbs have obviative forms also for inanimate actors.

1974 P. H. Voorhis Introd. Kickapoo Lang. 45 A noun and a pronoun agreeing with it in gender, number, and obviation are used to form statements of the identity of the noun and pronoun.

1997 Language 73 705 This article explores the relevance of obviation to the grammars of several genetically unrelated languages and language families: Algonquian, Tzotzil (Mayan), and Chamorro (Western Austronesian).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	obviation
释义	obviationn. Brit. /ˌɒbvɪˈeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌɑbviˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: Middle English obuiacioun, 1600s 1800s– obviation. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin obviation-, obviatio. Etymology: < post-classical Latin obviation-, obviatio meeting, encounter (5th–6th cent.), action of preventing (late 13th cent. in the passage translated in quot. a1400 at sense 1) < classical Latin obviāt- , past participial stem of obviāre obviate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. With sense 2 compare Middle French obviacion , obviation meeting, encounter (14th cent.). With sense 3 compare obviative n. and adj. 1. The action of preventing or avoiding something by anticipatory measures; prevention. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > obviating or averting obviationa1400 averting1628 averruncation1658 a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 100 A surgian muste þanne be bisy..wiþ obuiacioun [L. obviatione] defendinge þe lyme þat noon of þe iij causis tofore seid ne come nouȝt into þe wounde. 1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 64 By waie..of obviation, prævention, præoccupation, and anticipation. 1850 Harper's Mag. Nov. 823/1 When I reflected that I might be assisting an assassin to fly from justice, I conceived I was acting perfectly correct in adopting any means (no matter how bad) for the obviation of so horrid a consummation. 1890 Times 20 June 5/1 The obviation of all cause of quarrel between Germany and England is..an object of great price. 1940 Amer. Econ. Rev. 30 346 Since it is the war which will obviate these valuers, we can hardly omit these values on the ground that the obviation of the valuers will make them nonexistent. 1990 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Aug. 822 The gains would be..the obviation of the need to construct the large humanities reading-room at St. Pancras. †2. The action of meeting or encountering something; contact with or exposure to something. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 133 (MED) He holde gode diete & gode gouernance in..þingez not naturale..þat is..accidentez of þe soule, obuiacioun, i. metyng of þingz fro withoutforþ. 3. Linguistics. The marking of a subsidiary third person (in Algonquian and certain other languages); the expression of the obviative. Cf. obviative n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [noun] > person > obviative > use of obviation1927 1927 L. Bloomfield in Internat. Jrnl. Amer. Linguistics 4 191 Although obviation is confined to animate nouns..verbs have obviative forms also for inanimate actors. 1974 P. H. Voorhis Introd. Kickapoo Lang. 45 A noun and a pronoun agreeing with it in gender, number, and obviation are used to form statements of the identity of the noun and pronoun. 1997 Language 73 705 This article explores the relevance of obviation to the grammars of several genetically unrelated languages and language families: Algonquian, Tzotzil (Mayan), and Chamorro (Western Austronesian). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1400
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