OPage 27
- English Word Obversion Definition The act of turning toward or downward.
- English Word Obversion Definition The act of immediate inference, by which we deny the opposite of anything which has been affirmed; as, all men are mortal; then, by obversion, no men are immortal. This is also described as "immediate inference by privative conception."
- English Word Obvert Definition To turn toward.
- English Word Obverted Definition of Obvert
- English Word Obverting Definition of Obvert
- English Word Obviate Definition To meet in the way.
- English Word Obviate Definition To anticipate; to prevent by interception; to remove from the way or path; to make unnecessary; as, to obviate the necessity of going.
- English Word Obviated Definition of Obviate
- English Word Obviating Definition of Obviate
- English Word Obviation Definition The act of obviating, or the state of being obviated.
- English Word Obvious Definition Opposing; fronting.
- English Word Obvious Definition Exposed; subject; open; liable.
- English Word Obvious Definition Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as, an obvious meaning; an obvious remark.
- English Word Obvolute Definition Alt. of Obvoluted
- English Word Obvoluted Definition Overlapping; contorted; convolute; -- applied primarily, in botany, to two opposite leaves, each of which has one edge overlapping the nearest edge of the other, and secondarily to a circle of several leaves or petals which thus overlap.
- English Word Oby Definition See Obi.
- English Word Oca Definition A Peruvian name for certain species of Oxalis (O. crenata, and O. tuberosa) which bear edible tubers.
- English Word Occamy Definition An alloy imitating gold or silver.
- English Word Occasion Definition A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident.
- English Word Occasion Definition A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance; convenience.