Obviate
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English
Verb
Obviate (third-person singular simple present Obviates, present participle obviating, simple past and past participle obviated)
- (transitive) To bypass a requirement or make it unnecessary.
- They saved enough money for their purchase and obviated the need to borrow.
- The internet has largely obviated printed phone books.
Thesaurus
anticipate, avert, bar, debar, deflect, deter, discourage, dishearten, estop, exclude, fend, fend off, forbid, foreclose, forestall, help, interfere, interpose, intervene, keep from, keep off, preclude, prevent, prohibit, repel, rule out, save, stave off, turn aside, ward, ward off
Etymology
From Latin obviāre (to block, to hinder)
Pronunciation
Translations
bypass a requirement
Latin
Verb
obviāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of obviō
