Meanings (ES + gloss)
obviar
To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.
The door it was necessary to keep ajar in hers, as in most cottages, because of the smoke; but she obviated the effect of the ribbon of light through the chink by hanging a cloth o…
[…] and in the kindest manner she now urged Fanny’s taking one for the cross and to keep for her sake, saying everything she could think of to obviate the scruples which were makin…
Phrases
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