Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to obviate
Participle: obviated
Gerund: obviating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | obviate |
| you | obviate |
| he;she;it | obviates |
| we | obviate |
| you | obviate |
| they | obviate |
Perfect
| I | have obviated |
| you | have obviated |
| he;she;it | has obviated |
| we | have obviated |
| you | have obviated |
| they | have obviated |
Past
| I | obviated |
| you | obviated |
| he;she;it | obviated |
| we | obviated |
| you | obviated |
| they | obviated |
Pluperfect
| I | had obviated |
| you | had obviated |
| he;she;it | had obviated |
| we | had obviated |
| you | had obviated |
| they | had obviated |
Future
| I | will obviate |
| you | will obviate |
| he;she;it | will obviate |
| we | will obviate |
| you | will obviate |
| they | will obviate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have obviated |
| you | will have obviated |
| he;she;it | will have obviated |
| we | will have obviated |
| you | will have obviated |
| they | will have obviated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | obviate |
| you | obviate |
| he;she;it | obviate |
| we | obviate |
| you | obviate |
| they | obviate |
Perfect
| I | have obviated |
| you | have obviated |
| he;she;it | have obviated |
| we | have obviated |
| you | have obviated |
| they | have obviated |
Imperfect
| I | obviated |
| you | obviated |
| he;she;it | obviated |
| we | obviated |
| you | obviated |
| they | obviated |
Pluperfect
| I | had obviated |
| you | had obviated |
| he;she;it | had obviated |
| we | had obviated |
| you | had obviated |
| they | had obviated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would obviate |
| you | would obviate |
| he;she;it | would obviate |
| we | would obviate |
| you | would obviate |
| they | would obviate |
Perfect
| I | would have obviated |
| you | would have obviated |
| he;she;it | would have obviated |
| we | would have obviated |
| you | would have obviated |
| they | would have obviated |
Imperative
| you | obviate |
| we | Let's obviate |
| you | obviate |
Verbs conjugated like 'obviate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'obviate'
aviate,
deviate,
oblate,
obligate,
obliviate,
opiate,
abate,
abdicate,
ablate,
abligate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1598, "to meet and do away with," from L.L. obviatus, pp. of obviare "act contrary to, go against," from L. obvius "that is in the way, that moves against" (see obvious).
2. First attested in 1567; borrowed from Latin obviātus, perfect passive participle of obviō (“to block, to hinder”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Sample Sentences
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[…] 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 making Fanny start back at first with a look of horror at the proposal. [1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XXVI, in Mansfield Park: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:]
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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 over that also. [1886 May – 1887 April, Thomas Hardy, chapter III, in The Woodlanders […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:]
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A mild dose of a warm active aperient to obviate costiveness, or to produce two motions daily, is generally very beneficial. [1826, Richard Reece, A Practical Dissertation on the Means of Obviating & Treating the Varieties of Costiveness, page 181:]
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If the predisposition to the disease has arisen from a plethoric state of the system, or from a turgescence in the vessels of the head, this is to be obviated by bleeding, both generally and topically, but more particularly the latter; an abstemious diet and proper exercise; and by a seton in the neck. [1842, Gibbons Merle, John Reitch, The Domestic Dictionary and Housekeeper’s Manual: Comprising Everything Related to Cookery, Diet, Economy and Medicine. By Gibbons Merle. The Medical Portion of the Work by John Reitch, M.D., London: William Strange, 21, Paternoster Row, →OCLC, page 360, column 2:]
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Some change requests, rather than extend the scope, obviate some of the existing scope of a project. [2004, David J. Anderson, Agile Management for Software Engineering, page 180:]
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Thus, to obviate resistance, the discussion should be relevant to the patient′s problems. [2008, William S. Kroger, Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis: In Medicine, Dentistry, and Psychology, page 163:]
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A government that thinks it can take on the world with Brexit can’t take back a bereaved teenaged mother with fundamentalist delusions. Moreover, the risk does not obviate two crucial facts in this case. First and foremost, she is a citizen […] Second, when Begum went to Syria she was a child. [2019 February 21, Gary Younge, “Shamima Begum has a right to British citizenship, whether you like it or not”, in The Guardian:]