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co⋅vert

   [adj. koh-vert, kuhv-ert; n. kuhv-ert, koh-vert]
–adjective
1. concealed; secret; disguised.
2. covered; sheltered.
3. Law. (of a wife) under the protection of one's husband.
–noun
4. a covering; cover.
5. a shelter or hiding place.
6. concealment or disguise.
7. Hunting. a thicket giving shelter to wild animals or game.
8. Also called tectrix. Ornithology. one of the small feathers that cover the bases of the large feathers of the wings and tail.
9. covert cloth.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME < AF, OF < L coopertus, ptp. of cooperīre to cover completely; see cover
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cov·ert     (kŭv'ərt, kō'vərt, kō-vûrt')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown: covert military operations; covert funding for the rebels. See Synonyms at secret.
  2. Covered or covered over; sheltered.
  3. Law Being married and therefore protected by one's husband.

n.  
  1. A covering or cover.
    1. A covered place or shelter; hiding place.
    2. Thick underbrush or woodland affording cover for game.
  3. Zoology One of the small feathers covering the bases of the longer feathers of a bird's wings or tail.
  4. A flock of coots. See Synonyms at flock1.


[Middle English, from Old French, from past participle of covrir, to cover; see cover.]

cov'ert·ly adv., cov'ert·ness n.
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covertness

noun
the state of being covert and hidden [syn: hiddenness] 

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Covertness

Cov"ert*ness\ (k?v"?rt-n?s), n. Secrecy; privacy. [R.]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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