ob·vert ( b-vûrt ,  b-)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.] |
obvert [ɒbˈvɜːt]
vb (tr)
1. (Philosophy / Logic) Logic to deduce the obverse of (a proposition)
2. Rare to turn so as to show the main or other side
[from Latin obvertere to turn towards; see obverse]
obversion n
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