† obversantadj.

Forms: 1500s obuersant, 1600s–1700s obversant.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin obversant-, obversāns.

Etymology: < classical Latin obversant-, obversāns, present participle of obversārī to pass in front of, get in the way, appear in the mind's eye < ob- ob- prefix + versārī (see verse v.²).

Obsolete.

Positioned opposite; contrary; (hence) obvious, evident.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adjective]

contrarious1340

contraryc1340

contrairc1400

repugnant1425

reverse1481

contrariant1530

cross1565

obversant1579

thwart1601

retrogradea1616

pugnant1645

antipathic1830

antithetical1848

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [adjective]

couthOE

known1340

familiara1398

unstrangec1400

learnedc1420

conversant1430

beknown?c1475

well-beknown1480

quentc1540

well-kent1554

quainted1560

well-known1568

obversant1579

conversed1607

tame1609

familiarized1633

intimatea1680

household1761

homely1782

ole1835

old1898

the world > space > relative position > front > [adjective] > that lies or is placed in front

before-set1440

obvious1603

obversanta1754

forward1824

1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune i. x. 10 Errour is obuersant vnto vertue, & contrary vnto it.

a1622 F. Bacon Let. & Disc. H. Saville in Resuscitatio (1661) 228 Example..transformeth the Will of Man into the Similitude of that which is most obversant and familiar towards it.

a1754 J. MacLaurin Serm. & Ess. (1755) 306 Our obligations to love and honour God are..always obversant to our view and continually before our eyes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	obversant
释义	† obversantadj. Forms: 1500s obuersant, 1600s–1700s obversant. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin obversant-, obversāns. Etymology: < classical Latin obversant-, obversāns, present participle of obversārī to pass in front of, get in the way, appear in the mind's eye < ob- ob- prefix + versārī (see verse v.²). Obsolete. Positioned opposite; contrary; (hence) obvious, evident. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adjective] contrarious1340 contraryc1340 contrairc1400 repugnant1425 reverse1481 contrariant1530 cross1565 obversant1579 thwart1601 retrogradea1616 pugnant1645 antipathic1830 antithetical1848 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > [adjective] couthOE known1340 familiara1398 unstrangec1400 learnedc1420 conversant1430 beknown?c1475 well-beknown1480 quentc1540 well-kent1554 quainted1560 well-known1568 obversant1579 conversed1607 tame1609 familiarized1633 intimatea1680 household1761 homely1782 ole1835 old1898 the world > space > relative position > front > [adjective] > that lies or is placed in front before-set1440 obvious1603 obversanta1754 forward1824 1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune i. x. 10 Errour is obuersant vnto vertue, & contrary vnto it. a1622 F. Bacon Let. & Disc. H. Saville in Resuscitatio (1661) 228 Example..transformeth the Will of Man into the Similitude of that which is most obversant and familiar towards it. a1754 J. MacLaurin Serm. & Ess. (1755) 306 Our obligations to love and honour God are..always obversant to our view and continually before our eyes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1579
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