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obvert

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ob⋅vert

  [ob-vurt]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to turn (something) so as to show a different surface.
2. Logic. to change (a proposition) by obversion.
Origin:
1615–25; < L obvertere to turn toward, equiv. to ob- ob- + vertere to turn
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ob·vert   (ŏb-vûrt', əb-)   
tr.v.   ob·vert·ed, ob·vert·ing, ob·verts

  1. To turn (something) so as to present another side or aspect to view.

  2. To alter the appearance of.

  3. Logic To subject (a proposition) to obversion.


[Latin obvertere, to turn toward : ob-, toward; see ob- + vertere, to turn; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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