1600-1700Latinobversus, from obvertere ‘to turn toward’
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But the obverse is more important; the network of help and contacts.
Exoneration is in a sense the obverse of responsibility.
However, the significance of this is questionable, as extant specimens all emanate from a single obverse die.
No doubt the coin is always fascinated by its obverse.
The obverse of money market advances is money market deposits, and these work in the same way.
This may be seen as the obverse of racial discrimination; but an equal opportunities argument is not merely that.
This was the obverse of the image of the industrious Catalan artisan as the basis of industrial progress.
1formal the opposite of a particular situation or feelingSYN oppositeobverse of The obverse of victory is defeat.2the obverse technical the front side of a coin or medalOPP reverse