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Pronunciation : Ob*verse"
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. obversus, p.p. of obvertere. See Obvert.]
Definition : Defn: Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ob"verse
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf.F. obverse, obvers. See Obverse, a.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913