Definition of Obviating

1. Adjective. Made impossible.

Exact synonyms: Preclusive
Similar to: Preventative, Preventive
Derivative terms: Preclude

Definition of Obviating

1. Verb. (present participle of obviate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Obviating

1. obviate [v] - See also: obviate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Obviating

obversant
obverse
obversely
obverses
obversion
obversions
obvert
obverted
obverting
obverts
obvi
obviable
obviate
obviated
obviates
obviating (current term)
obviating(a)
obviation
obviations
obviative
obviatives
obviator
obviators
obvious
obvious by inspection
obviously
obviousness
obviousnesses
obvolute
obvoluted

Literary usage of Obviating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"A satisfactory way of obviating this would be to hold a general meeting of the association only biennially, dividing the association geographically in the ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1836)
"... the Natur e of Sleep and Death, with a view to ascertain the more immédiate cames of death, and the better regulation of the means of obviating them. ..."

3. Mines and Mining: A Commentary on the Law of Mines and Mining Rights, Both by Wilson Isaac Snyder (1902)
"Short statutory deeds obviating covenants.— Wherever the statute of the state has established a form of conveyance, it is believed that the mining law is ..."

4. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1826)
"... as scarcely to require mention, except for the sake of obviating the dissatisfaction, that might result from the discovery of the circumstance. ..."

5. War in Disguise, Or, The Frauds of the Neutral Flags by James Stephen (1806)
"... unless fi method could be found of either increasing, in the minds of neutral merchants, respect for the obligation of veracity, or obviating in our ..."

6. The Annual Registeredited by Edmund Burke edited by Edmund Burke (1826)
"... as scarcely to require mention, except for the sake of obviating the dissatisfaction, that might result from the discovery of the circumstance. ..."

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