Noah Webster
Obvious
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.