Covert :: Covert (v. t.) Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook..

Covert :: Covert (v. t.) Under cover, authority or protection; as, a feme covert, a married woman who is considered as being under the protection and control of her husband..

Covert :: Covert (a.) A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense.

Covert :: Covert (a.) One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.

Covert Baron :: Covert baron () Under the protection of a husband; married.

Covertly :: Covertly (adv.) Secretly; in private; insidiously.

Covertness :: Covertness (n.) Secrecy; privacy.

Coverture :: Coverture (n.) Covering; shelter; defense; hiding.

Coverture :: Coverture (n.) The condition of a woman during marriage, because she is considered under the cover, influence, power, and protection of her husband, and therefore called a feme covert, or femme couverte..

Disapprover :: Disapprover (n.) One who disapproves.

Discover :: Discover (v. t.) To uncover.

Discover :: Discover (v. t.) To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to reveal; to make known; to show (what has been secret, unseen, or unknown)..

Discover :: Discover (v. t.) To obtain for the first time sight or knowledge of, as of a thing existing already, but not perceived or known; to find; to ascertain; to espy; to detect..

Discover :: Discover (v. t.) To manifest without design; to show.

Discover :: Discover (v. t.) To explore; to examine.

Discover :: Discover (v. i.) To discover or show one's self.

Discoverability :: Discoverability (n.) The quality of being discoverable.

Discoverable :: Discoverable (a.) Capable of being discovered, found out, or perceived; as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope; truths discoverable by human industry..

Discovered :: Discovered (imp. & p. p.) of Discove.

Discoverer :: Discoverer (n.) One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact..

Discoverer :: Discoverer (n.) A scout; an explorer.

Discoveries :: Discoveries (pl. ) of Discover.

Discovering :: Discovering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discove.

Discoverment :: Discoverment (n.) Discovery.

Discovert :: Discovert (a.) Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; -- applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow.

Discovert :: Discovert (n.) An uncovered place or part.

Discoverture :: Discoverture (n.) Discovery.

Discoverture :: Discoverture (n.) A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband.

Discovery :: Discovery (n.) The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot..

Discovery :: Discovery (n.) A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets..

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