Bible Dictionaries
Obviate

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To meet in the way.

(2):

(v. t.) To anticipate; to prevent by interception; to remove from the way or path; to make unnecessary; as, to obviate the necessity of going.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Obviate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​o/obviate.html. 1828.