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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Covet \Cov"et\ (k?v"?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Covered}; p. pr & vb n. {Coveting}.] [OF. coveitier covoitier F. convoiter from a derivative fr L. cupere to desire; cf Skr. kup to become excited. Cf {Cupidity}.] 1. To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of -- used in a good sense Covet earnestly the best gifts. --1. Cor. xxii. 31. If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul alive. --Shak. 2. To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden). Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house. --Ex. xx 17. Syn: To long for desire; hanker after crave. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cover \Cov"er\ (k?v"?r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Covered} (-?rd); p. pr & vb n. {Covering}.] [OF. covrir F. couvrir fr L. cooperire co- + operire to cover; probably fr ob towards, over + the root appearing in aperire to open Cf {Aperient}, {Overt}, {Curfew}.] 1. To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth. 2. To envelop; to clothe, as with a mantle or cloak. And with the majesty of darkness round Covers his throne. --Milton. All that beauty than doth cover thee. --Shak. 3. To invest (one's self with something); to bring upon (one's self); as he covered himself with glory. The powers that covered themselves with everlasting infamy by the partition of Poland. --Brougham. 4. To hide sight; to conceal; to cloak; as the enemy were covered from our sight by the woods. A cloud covered the mount. --Exod. xxiv. 15. In vain shou striv'st to cover shame with shame. --Milton. 5. To brood or sit on to incubate. While the hen is covering her eggs, the male . . . diverts her with his songs. --Addison. 6. To overwhelm; to spread over The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen. --Ex. xiv. 28. 7. To shelter, as from evil or danger; to protect; to defend; as the cavalry covered the retreat. His calm and blameless life Does with substantial blessedness abound, And the soft wings of peace cover him round. --Cowley. 8. To remove from remembrance; to put away to remit. ``Blessed is he whose is covered.'' --Ps. xxxii 1. 9. To extend over to be sufficient for to comprehend, include, or embrace; to account for or solve; to counterbalance; as a mortgage which fully covers a sum loaned on it a law which covers all possible cases of a crime; receipts than do not cover expenses. 10. To put the usual covering or headdress on Cover thy head . . .; nay, prithee, be covered. --Shak. 11. To copulate with (a female); to serve; as a horse covers a mare; -- said of the male. {To cover} {ground or distance}, to pass over as the rider covered the ground in an hour. {To cover one's short contracts} (Stock Exchange), to buy stock when the market rises, as a dealer who has sold short does in order to protect himself. {Covering party} (Mil.), a detachment of troops sent for the protection of another detachment, as of men working in the trenches. {To cover into}, to transfer to as to cover into the treasury. Syn: To shelter; screen; shield; hide; overspread. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Covered \Cov"ered\ (k?v"?rd), a. Under cover; screened; sheltered; not exposed; hidden. {Covered way} (Fort.), a corridor or banquette along the top of the counterscarp and covered by an embankment whose slope forms the glacis. It gives the garrison an open line of communication around the works and a standing place beyond the ditch. See Illust. of {Ravelin}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: covered adj 1: overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something sometimes used as a combining form "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony"; "snow-covered fields" [ant: {uncovered}] 2: having the head and face covered; "the bride's veiled head"; "veiled Muslim women"
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