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obverse

[ob-vurs, ob-vurs, ob-vurs] / ˈɒb vɜrs, ɒbˈvɜrs, ˈɒb vɜrs /
NOUN
opposite
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Obverse Books' 'Team Up' of Paul Magrs and George Mann Like wedges, blue eyeshadow and harem pants, the tête-bêche is making one of its periodic returns to favour.

From The Guardian • Jul. 28, 2011

Most authorities would give as the Formal Obverse of this, "No men are infallible".

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William

This method, followed also in the case of the Yale tablet, seems preferable to Langdon’s breaking up of the text into Obverse and Reverse, with a separate enumeration for each of the six columns.

From An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic by Jastrow, Morris

"Obverse, or reverse, I can make nothing out of it."

From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Melville, Herman

Thus the Obverse of A. is clear enough on glancing at Figs.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth




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