Definitions for obverse

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obverse ob·verse

Spelling: [noun ob-vurs; adjective ob-vurs, Obverse is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 140 anagrams from letters in obverse (beeorsv).

Definitions for obverse

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

1. facing the observer.
2. corresponding to something else as a counterpart.
3. having the base narrower than the top, as a leaf.

Origin of obverse

1650-60; Latin obversus turned toward or against (past participle of obvertere), equivalent to ob- ob- + vert(ere) to turn + -tus past participle suffix, with tt > s

Examples for obverse

The old Kaiser Franz Joseph, faithful and hardworking, was the obverse of the feckless and impetuous German kaiser.

The laws of Art are the laws of Life, read smaller on the obverse.

I don't think nature intended to have them the obverse of men.

This truth is likewise testified to on the obverse aspect of psychology.

They bear on the obverse the head of the king with the usual mural crown surmounted by a crescent and inflated ball.

This name was given them from the legend, on the obverse, iam.

As for the obverse, my liberal allies, this explains why information that seems so obvious to us never gets through.

It is a good omen if the coin falls with the obverse upwards.

Now this lady and her husband were in obverse relative positions.

The reverse of the sheet contained a will exactly like that on the obverse.