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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pert \Pert\, v. i. To behave with pertness. [Obs.] --Gauden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pert \Pert\, a. [An aphetic form of OE & OF apert open known true, free or impudent. See {Apert}.] 1. Open evident; apert. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. 2. Lively; brisk; sprightly; smart. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. Indecorously free or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent. ``A very pert manner.'' --Addison. The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play. --Cowper. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pert adj : characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner" [syn: {impertinent}, {irreverent}, {saucy}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: PERT {Program Evaluation and Review Technique} From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: PERT Program Evaluation / Evolution and Review Technique
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