(verb) : ob-versor, ātus, 1, (
* Act. collat. form obverso, āre, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P.), to take position opposite or over against, to oppose one's self (class.).
* Lit.: magnam partem eorum palam Carthagini obversari dici,Liv. 31, 11: in foro,id. 33, 47: sedebant judices, obversabantur advocati,Plin. Ep. 5, 21, 2: limini,who were about the threshold,id. ib. 6, 16, 13: in urbe inter coetus,Tac. A. 3, 37.
* Trop., to hover or float before, to appear to one: illius et nomen dulce obversatur ad aures,Lucr. 4, 1062: mihi ante oculos obversatur rei publicae dignitas,Cic. Sest. 3, 7: obversentur species honestae viro,id. Tusc. 2, 22, 52: animis, oculis,Liv. 35, 11: in somnis,id. 2, 36: sibi speciem noctibus obversari,Suet. Claud. 37.
* To oppose, withstand, resist (eccl. Lat.): malo obniti et obversari,Tert. adv. Gnost. 5.

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