obvert

[ ob-vurt ]

verb (used with object)

1. to turn (something) so as to show a different surface.
2. Logic. to change (a proposition) by obversion.

obvert

/ ɒbˈvɜːt /

verb

1. logic to deduce the obverse of (a proposition)
2. rare.
   to turn so as to show the main or other side

Derived Forms

• obˈversion, noun

Other Words From

• unob·verted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of obvert¹

1615–25; < Latin obvertere to turn toward, equivalent to ob- ob- + vertere to turn

Word History and Origins

Origin of obvert¹

C17: from Latin obvertere to turn towards; see obverse

Example Sentences

Obvert′, to turn towards the front.

From Project Gutenberg

Yet he decided to disclose to her a portion of his thoughts, in order that she might not act upon her own account, contradict her promises, and thereby cause the crown to obvert to Thulun.

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Again, by the principle of Excluded Middle, if any term be denied of a subject, its contradictory may be affirmed: to obvert negative propositions, then, the rule is—Remove the negative sign, and for the predicate substitute its contradictory term.

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To reduce it ostensively let us call it Faksnoko, where k means 'obvert the foregoing premise.'

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On examining the results, it will be found that the cause of its ending is the inconvertibility of O. For E., when obverted, becomes A.; every A, when converted, degenerates into I.; every I., when obverted, becomes O.; O cannot be converted, and to obvert it again is merely to restore the former proposition: so that the whole process moves on to inevitable dissolution.

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