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Definition of "obvert" [ob•vert]

  • To turn (something) so as to present another side or aspect to view. (verb-transitive)
  • To alter the appearance of. (verb-transitive)
  • Logic To subject (a proposition) to obversion. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "obvert" in a sentence
  • "So as to obvert the necessity of owning an automobile, a hybrid van will make periodic trips from the community to shopping malls, an airport, a bus terminal, a train station, and entertainment venues."
  • "So as to obvert the necessity to own an automobile, a hybrid van will make periodic trips from the community to shopping malls, an airport, a bus terminal, a train station, and entertainment venues."
  • "To reduce it ostensively let us call it Faksnoko, where k means 'obvert the foregoing premise.'"
Words like "obvert"
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