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Word: Obvert
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
early 17th century (in the sense ‘turn something until it is facing’): from Latin obvertere, from ob- ‘towards’ + vertere ‘to turn’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əbˈvəːt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
alter (a proposition) so as to infer another proposition with a contradictory predicate, e.g. ‘no men are immortal’ to ‘all men are mortal’.
Short Definition:alter proposition so as to infer another proposition with contradictory predicate
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