obverse Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the more conspicuous of two alternatives or cases or sides
    • the obverse of this issue
  2. noun the side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or design

WordNet

Ob*verse" adjective
Etymology
L. obversus, p.p. of obvertere. See Obvert.
Definitions
  1. Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf.
Ob"verse noun
Etymology
Cf.F. obverse, obvers. See Obverse, a.
Definitions
  1. The face of a coin which has the principal image or inscription upon it; -- the other side being the reverse.
  2. Anything necessarily involved in, or answering to, another; the more apparent or conspicuous of two possible sides, or of two corresponding things.
    The fact that it [a belief] invariably exists being the obverse of the fact that there is no alternative belief. H. Spencer.

Webster 1913