OB'VIOUS, a. [L. 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, See N 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.
