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   Obvious , a. [L. obvius; ob (see Ob-) + via way. See Voyage.]
   Opposing; fronting. [Obs.]
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   To the evil turn
   My obvious breast.
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   Exposed; subject; open; liable. [Obs.] “Obvious to dispute.”
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   Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as, an obvious meaning; an obvious remark.
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   Apart and easy to be known they lie,
   Amidst the heap, and obvious to the eye.
   Pope.
   
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   Syn. -- Plain; clear; evident. See Manifest.
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   -- Ob"vi*ous*ly, adv. -- Ob"vi*ous-ness, n.
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