Associations to the word «Obviate»

Wiktionary

OBVIATE, verb. (transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise be necessary or required).
OBVIATE, verb. (transitive) To avoid (a future problem or difficult situation).

Dictionary definition

OBVIATE, verb. Do away with.
OBVIATE, verb. Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike".

Wise words

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery