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Webster 1913 Edition
Obvious
1.
Opposing; fronting.
[Obs.]
To the evil turn
My
My
obvious
breast. Milton.
2.
Exposed; subject; open; liable.
[Obs.]
“Obvious to dispute.” Milton.
3.
Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent;
as, an
obvious
meaning; an obvious
remark.Apart and easy to be known they lie,
Amidst the heap, and
Amidst the heap, and
obvious
to the eye. Pope.
Syn. – Plain; clear; evident. See
– Manifest
. Ob′vi-ous-ly
, adv.
Ob′vi-ous-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Obvious
OB'VIOUS
,Adj.
1.
Meeting; opposed in front.I to the evil turn my obvious breast. [Not now used.]
2.
Open; exposed. [Little used.]3.
Plain; evident; easily discovered, seen or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect. We say, a phenomenon obvious to the sight, or a truth obvious to the mind.