1605 H. Wotton Let. in L. P. Smith (1907) I. 329 Whether I shall..do anything for the obviating of these reports, or let them vanish like other imaginary bodies of the Devil.
1934 F. M. Ford ii. ii I sinned against my gods to the extent of saying that I was going..to write a work that should have for its purpose the obviating of all future wars.