Part 2513

<blockquote>There's a gentry <b>cove</b> here. <i>Wit's Recreations (1654).</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Now, look to it, <b>coves</b>, that all the beef and drink Be not filched from us. <i>Mrs. Browning.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Covelline k-vlln, Covellite</h1> <Xpage=335>

<hw><hw>Co*vel"line</hw> <tt>(k?-v?l"l?n)</tt>, <hw>Co*vel"lite</hw><hw> <tt>(-l?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[After <ets>Covelli</ets>, the discoverer.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A native sulphide of copper, occuring in masses of a dark blue color; -- hence called <i>indigo copper</i>.</def>

<h1>Covenable</h1> <Xpage=335>

<hw>Cov"e*na*ble</hw> <tt>(k?v"?-n?-b'l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>covenable</ets>, F. <ets>convenable</ets>. See <er>Covenant</er>.]</ety> <def>Fit; proper; suitable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "A <i>covenable</i> day."

<i>Wyclif (Mark vi. 21).</i>

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<h1>Covenably</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"e*na*bly</hw> <tt>(k?v"?-n?-bly)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Fitly; suitably.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Well and <i>covenably</i>."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Covenant</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"e*nant</hw> <tt>(k?v"?-n<it>a</it>nt)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>covenant</ets>, fr. F. & OF. <ets>convenir</ets> to agree, L. <ets>convenire</ets>. See <er>Convene</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A mutual agreement of two or more persons or parties, or one of the stipulations in such an agreement.</def>

<blockquote>Then Jonathan and David made a <b>covenant</b>. <i>1 Sam. xviiii. 3.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Let there be <b>covenants</b> drawn between us. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>If we conclude a peace, It shall be with such strict and severe <b>covenants</b> As little shall the Frenchmen gain thereby. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>An agreement made by the Scottish Parliament in 1638, and by the English Parliament in 1643, to preserve the reformed religion in Scotland, and to extirpate popery and prelacy; -- usually called the "Solemn League and Covenant."</def>

<blockquote>He [Wharton] was born in the days of the <b>Covenant</b>, and was the heir of a covenanted house. <i>Macualay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Theol.)</fld> <def>The promises of God as revealed in the Scriptures, conditioned on certain terms on the part of man, as obedience, repentance, faith, etc.</def>

<blockquote>I will establish my <b>covenant</b> between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting <b>covenant</b>, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. <i>Gen. xvii. 7.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A solemn compact between members of a church to maintain its faith, discipline, etc.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An undertaking, on sufficient consideration, in writing and under seal, to do or to refrain from some act or thing; a contract; a stipulation; also, the document or writing containing the terms of agreement.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A form of action for the violation of a promise or contract under seal.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Agreement; contract; compact; bargain; arrangement; stipulation.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Covenant</er>, <er>Contract</er>, <er>Compact</er>, <er>Stipulation</er>. These words all denote a mutual agreement between two parties. <i>Covenant</i> is frequently used in a religious sense; as, the <i>covenant</i> of works or of grace; a church <i>covenant</i>; the Solemn League and <i>Covenant</i>. <i>Contract</i> is the word most used in the business of life. Crabb and Taylor are wrong in saying that a <i>contract</i> must always be in writing. There are oral and implied <i>contracts</i> as well as written ones, and these are equally enforced by law. In legal usage, the word <i>covenant</i> has an important place as connected with contracts. A <i>compact</i> is only a stronger and more solemn contract. The term is chiefly applied to political alliances. Thus, the old Confederation was a <i>compact</i> between the States. Under the present Federal Constitution, no individual State can, without consent of Congress, enter into a <i>compact</i> with any other State or foreign power. A <i>stipulation</i> is one of the articles or provisions of a contract.</usage>

<h1>Covenant</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"e*nant</hw> <tt>(k?v"?-n?nt)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Covenanted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Covenanting</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To agree (with); to enter into a formal agreement; to bind one's self by contract; to make a stipulation.</def>

<blockquote>Jupiter <b>covenanted</b> with him, that it should be hot or cold, wet or dry, . . . as the tenant should direct. <i>L'Estrange.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And they <b>covenanted</b> with him for thyrty pieces of silver. <i>Matt. xxvi. 15.</i></blockquote>