n. /ob"verrs/ ; adj. /ob verrs", ob"verrs/ , n.
1. the side of a coin, medal, flag, etc., that bears the principal design (opposed to reverse ).
2. the front or principal surface of anything.
3. a counterpart.
4. Logic. a proposition obtained from another by obversion.
adj.
5. facing the observer.
6. corresponding to something else as a counterpart.
7. having the base narrower than the top, as a leaf.
[ 1650-60; obversus turned toward or against (ptp. of obvertere ), equiv. to ob- OB- + vert ( ere ) to turn + -tus ptp. suffix, with tt > s ]