Definition of obverse. Meaning of obverse. Synonyms of obverse

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Definition of obverse

Obverse
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.
Obverse
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.

Meaning of obverse from wikipedia

- The obverse and reverse are the two flat faces of coins and some other two-sided objects, including paper money, flags, seals, medals, drawings, old master...
- In traditional logic, obversion is a "type of immediate inference in which from a given proposition another proposition is inferred whose subject is the...
- Obverse Books is a British publisher initially known for publishing books relating to the character Iris Wildthyme, and currently for the Black Archive...
- valued at 25 cents, representing one-quarter of a dollar. Adorning its obverse is the profile of George Washington, while its reverse design has undergone...
- bill obverse design dates from 1928, while the reverse appeared in 1976). The reverse design of the present dollar debuted in 1935, and the obverse in 1963...
- Inventor and U.S. Founding Father Benjamin Franklin has been featured on the obverse of the bill since 1914, which now also contains stylized images of the...
- contains a list of flags for which the reverse (back ) is different from the obverse (front ). It includes current as well as historic flags of both nations...
- in 1951 500 lire – obverse and reverse – printed in 1947 1,000 lire – obverse and reverse – printed in 1947 5,000 lire – obverse and reverse – printed...
- 18th U.S. president (1869-1877), Ulysses S. Grant, is featured on the obverse, while the U.S. Capitol is featured on the reverse. All current-issue $50...
- 2.61 in (156 by 66 mm), and featured a blue Treasury seal on the obverse. The obverse carries the portrait of the first American president, George Washington...