obvertedadj.
/əbˈvəːtᵻd/, /ɒbˈvəːtᵻd/, U.S. /əbˈvərdəd/, /ɑbˈvərdəd/ΘΚΠ
the world > space > direction > [adjective] > having opposite direction > turned in opposite direction
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1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1679) 20 Place to warm south, or the obverted pole.
2. Logic. Subjected to obversion.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > predicate or propositional logic > [adjective] > obverse
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1870 A. Bain Logic i. 115 These obverted forms are Particular Affirmatives, and are therefore converted simply.
1896 J. Welton Man. Logic (ed. 2) I. iii. iii. 249 The corresponding forms with negative predicates are termed the Obverted Converse, the Obverted Contrapositive, and the Obverted Inverse.
1934 M. R. Cohen & E. Nagel Introd. Logic & Sci. Method I. iii. 61 The E and I have an obverted converse without limitation.
1965 G. E. Hughes & D. G. Londey Elements Formal Logic xlviii. 358 Obverted Conversion of E.
3. Chiefly North American. Formed as a counterpart or opposite; changed in appearance.
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1959 ELH 26 478 Mars puts off his armor, in an image of re-dedication; his ‘tent’ becomes the ‘bed’ of Venus. Imagery of bondage recurs in a similarly obverted form.
1989 Amer. Lit. 61 624 For in something of an obverted repetition forward, ‘Old Mortality’ and ‘Pale Horse, Pale Rider’ repeat The Old Order to recover..the possibility of their meaninglessness.
1989 Boston Globe (Nexis) 4 Apr. 25 Billy has even been likened to an obverted Horatio Alger hero—a rags-to-riches success story, underworld style.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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