To obviate is defined as to make something unnecessary.
(verb)An example of to obviate is to eliminate the need for a surgery with a new treatment.
See obviate in Webster's New World College Dictionary
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See obviate in American Heritage Dictionary 4
transitive verb ob·vi·at·ed, ob·vi·at·ing, ob·vi·ates
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Origin: Latin obviāre, obviāt-, to hinder
Origin: , from obvius, in the way; see obvious
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