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obverse
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Obverse \Ob*verse"\ ([o^]b*v[~e]rs"), a. [L. obversus, p. p. of obvertere. See Obvert.] Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Obverse \Ob"verse\ ([o^]b"v[~e]rs), n. [Cf. F. obverse, obvers. See Obverse, a.] 1. The face of a coin which has the principal image or inscription upon it; -- the other side being the reverse. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything necessarily involved in, or answering to, another; the more apparent or conspicuous of two possible sides, or of two corresponding things. [1913 Webster] The fact that it [a belief] invariably exists being the obverse of the fact that there is no alternative belief. --H. Spencer. [1913 Webster]
