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Definition of Obviates
1. obviate [v] - See also: obviate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obviates
Literary usage of Obviates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"There is nothing in this act which alters the powers of the court, or obviates
the difficulty which a certificate of division was intended to meet. ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1891)
"... enough for making crayon outlines and for many other sources of enjoyment or
instruction, and it obviates the necessity of having a glass transparency. ..."
3. The Life of John Locke: With Extracts from His Correspondence, Journals, and by Peter King King (1830)
"To Mr. Tyrrell he writes in explanation of some points which he had misunderstood,
and successfully obviates the chief objections then and since urged ..."
4. History of the Sacred Scriptures of the New Testament by Eduard Reuss (1884)
"the pen for Peter in its composition, only partially obviates the difficulties.
The Epistle does not enter into doctrinal controversies that were perhaps ..."
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