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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Obverse  \Ob*verse"\,  a.  [L.  obversus  p.  p.  of  obvertere  See 
  {Obvert}.] 
  Having  the  base,  or  end  next  the  attachment,  narrower  than 
  the  top  as  a  leaf. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Obverse  \Ob"verse\,  n.  [Cf.F.  obverse,  obvers.  See  {Obverse}, 
  a.] 
  1.  The  face  of  a  coin  which  has  the  principal  image  or 
  inscription  upon  it  --  the  other  side  being  the  reverse. 
 
  2.  Anything  necessarily  involved  in  or  answering  to 
  another;  the  more  apparent  or  conspicuous  of  two  possible 
  sides,  or  of  two  corresponding  things 
 
  The  fact  that  it  [a  belief]  invariably  exists  being 
  the  obverse  of  the  fact  that  there  is  no  alternative 
  belief.  --H.  Spencer. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  obverse 
  n  1:  the  more  conspicuous  of  two  alternatives  or  cases  or  sides: 
  "the  obverse  of  this  issue" 
  2:  the  side  of  a  coin  or  medal  bearing  the  principal  stamp  or 
  design  [ant:  {reverse}] 




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