OB'VIOUS, adjective [Latin obvus. See the Verb.] 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.
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