Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Obverse"
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) 1.7 (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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