obviate

Meanings

Verb

  • To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required).
  • To avoid (a future problem or difficult situation).

Noun

Adjective

Origin

  • From Latin obviāre ("to block, to hinder").

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