OBVIATE

to anticipate and prevent something, such as a situation or make an action unnecessary.
can also mean to make an action unnecessary.
to anticipate and prevent or eliminate difficulties, disadvantages, etc., by effective measures.
to forestall [v OBVIATED, OBVIATING, OBVIATES]
to prevent or eliminate by effective measures [v OBVIATED, OBVIATES, OBVIATING] : OBVIABLE [adj]
to make unnecessary
to anticipate and prevent (as a situation) or make unnecessary (as an action)

Previous Words

OBVERSE OBVERSELY OBVERSES OBVERSION OBVERSIONS OBVERT OBVERTED OBVERTING OBVERTS OBVIABLE

Next Words

OBVIATED OBVIATES OBVIATING OBVIATION OBVIATIONS OBVIATOR OBVIATORS OBVIOUS OBVIOUSLY OBVIOUSNESS

Help

About Us

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark, and all intellectual property rights in and to the game of Scrabble® are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, which is a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. scrabble-solver.com is not affiliated with SCRABBLE®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way.