obvert

transitive verb

ob·​vert

-və̄t,

-vəit

-ed/-ing/-s

1

: to turn so as to present a different surface to view : to change the appearance or seeming of

2

: to subject (a proposition in logic) to obversion

Word History

Etymology

Latin obvertere to turn towards, from ob- to, toward + vertere to turn

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