obviate (verb) - to remove a difficulty or prevent in advance [ob-vee-ayt]
BREAKDOWN: OB- (against) + VI- (way) + -ATE (to make or do)
obviable means able to be prevented, precluded, or rendered unnecessary
See also: inveigh
“We are human, and nothing is more interesting to us than humanity. The appeal of literature is that it is so thoroughly a human thing — by, for and about human beings. If you lose that focus, you obviate the source of the power and permanence of literature.” —M. H. Abrams
