obverses
plural of obverse
• observes
Source: Wiktionary
Ob*verse", a. Etym: [L. obversus, p.p. of obvertere. See Obvert.]
Definition: Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf.
Ob"verse, n. Etym: [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.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
