Obviated vs Disposed - What's the difference?
obviated | disposed |
(obviate)
To bypass a requirement or make it unnecessary; to avoid a future problem or difficult situation.
* 1826', Richard Reece, ''A Practical Dissertation on the Means of '''Obviating & Treating the Varieties of Costiveness ,
* 2004 , David J. Anderson, Agile Management for Software Engineering ,
* 2008 , William S. Kroger, Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis: In Medicine, Dentistry, and Psychology ,
(dispose)
Inclined; minded.
*(Bible), (w) xviii.27:
*:when he was disposed to pass into Achaia
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*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
(lb) Inclined to mirth; jolly.
:(Beaumont and Fletcher)
As verbs the difference between obviated and disposed
is that obviated is (obviate) while disposed is (dispose).As an adjective disposed is
inclined; minded.obviated
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Verb
(head)obviate
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Verb
(obviat)- They saved enough money for their purchase and obviated the need to borrow.
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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.
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- Some change requests, rather than extend the scope, obviate some of the existing scope of a project.
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- Thus, to obviate resistance, the discussion should be relevant to the patient?s problems.