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obverse |
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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