obverse
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vɜrs; noun
1.
the side of a coin, medal, flag, etc., that bears the principal design (opposed to reverse ).
2.
the front or principal surface of anything.
3.
a counterpart.
4.
Logic. a proposition obtained from another by obversion.
adjective
5.
facing the observer.
6.
corresponding to something else as a counterpart.
7.
having the base narrower than the top, as a leaf.
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obverse (ˈɒbvɜːs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | facing or turned towards the observer |
| 2. | forming or serving as a counterpart |
| 3. | (of certain plant leaves) narrower at the base than at the top |
| —n | |
| 4. | a counterpart or complement |
| 5. | Compare reverse the side of a coin that bears the main design or device |
| 6. | logic a categorial proposition derived from another by replacing the original predicate by its negation and changing the proposition from affirmative to negative or vice versa, as no sum is correct from every sum is incorrect |
| [C17: from Latin obversus turned towards, past participle of obvertere, from ob- to + vertere to turn] | |
| ob'versely | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
obverse
1656 (adj.), from L. obversus, pp. of obvertere "to turn toward or against," from ob "toward" + vertere "to turn" (see versus). The noun, in ref. to coins, medals, etc. (opposite of reverse), is attested from 1658.
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Example sentences
Insofar as politics can be a humane endeavour, opportunism threatens to turn politics into a shameful obverse.
The obverse of these desirable characteristics looks less appealing.
At age eighty he can be observed in his obverse infancy, metaphorically sucking and tonguing the missing tooth of his life.
Alas, the obverse of this is an almost automatic animosity towards all outsiders.
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