Category:Obviate

Ob"vi*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obviated; p. pr. & vb. n. Obviating.] Etym: [l. obviare; ob (see ob-) + viare to go, fr. via way. See Voyage.]

1. To meet in the way. [obs.] Not to stir a step to obviate any of a different religion. Fuller.

2. To anticipate; to prevent by interception; to remove from the way Or path; to make unnecessary; as, to obviate the necessity of going. To lay down everything in its full light, so as to obviate all Exceptions. Woodward.