- 1. n. The act of turning toward or downward. Source: opted
- 2. n. 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." Source: opted
- 3. 1. The act of turning toward or downward. 2. (Logic) 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." Bain. Source: webster
- 4. The act of immediate inference, by which we deny the oppositeof anything which has been affirmed; as, all men are mortal; then, byobversion, no men are immortal. This is also described as "immediateinference by privative conception." Bain. Source: adambom
- 5. n. The act of turning toward or downward. n. 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." Source: ecdict
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