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obvert

[ob-vurt]

verb (used with object)

to turn (something) so as to show a different surface.

Logic. to change (a proposition) by obversion.

Origin:
1615–25; < Latin obvertere to turn toward, equivalent to ob- ob- + vertere to turn

Related forms

un·ob·vert·ed, adjective

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obvert (ɒbˈvɜːt)

—vb
1.	logic to deduce the obverse of (a proposition)
2.	rare to turn so as to show the main or other side

[C17: from Latin obvertere to turn towards; see obverse]

ob'version

—n

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