Part 2514

<syn>Syn. -- To agree; contract; bargain; stipulate.</syn>

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

<hw>Cov"e*nant</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To grant or promise by covenant.</def>

<blockquote>My covenant of peace that I <b>covenanted</b> with you. <i>Wyclif.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Covenantee</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov`e*nan*tee"</hw> <tt>(k?v`?-n<it>a</it>n-t?")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The person in whose favor a covenant is made.</def>

<h1>Covenanter</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"e*nant*er</hw> <tt>(k?v"?-n?nt-?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who makes a covenant.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>One who subscribed and defended the "Solemn League and Covenant." See <er>Covenant</er>.</def>

<h1>Covenanting</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"e*nant*ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Belonging to a covenant. Specifically, belonging to the Scotch Covenanters.</def>

<blockquote>Be they <b>covenanting</b> traitors, Or the brood of false Argyle? <i>Aytoun.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Covenantor</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"e*nant*or`</hw> <tt>(-?r`)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The party who makes a covenant.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<h1>Covenous</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"e*nous</hw> <tt>(k?v"?-n?s)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Covinous</er>, and <er>Covin</er>.</def>

<h1>Covent</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"ent</hw> <tt>(k?v"<it>e</it>nt)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>covent</ets>, F. <ets>couvent</ets>. See <er>Convent</er>.]</ety> <def>A convent or monastery.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bale.</i>

<cs><col>Covent Garden</col>, <cd>a large square in London, so called because originally it was the garden of a monastery.</cd></cs>

<h1>Coventry</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"en*try</hw> <tt>(k?v"<it>e</it>n-tr?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A town in the county of Warwick, England.</def>

<cs><col>To send to Coventry</col>, <cd>to exclude from society; to shut out from social intercourse, as for ungentlemanly conduct.</cd> -- <col>Coventry blue</col>, <cd>blue thread of a superior dye, made at Coventry, England, and used for embroidery.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cover</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"er</hw> <tt>(k?v"?r)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Covered</er> <tt>(-?rd)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Covering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>covrir</ets>, F. <ets>couvrir</ets>, fr. L. <ets>cooperire</ets>; <ets>co- + operire</ets> to cover; probably fr. <ets>ob</ets> towards, over + the root appearing in <ets>aperire</ets> to open. Cf. <er>Aperient</er>, <er>Overt</er>, <er>Curfew</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; <as>as, to <ex>cover</ex> wood with paint or lacquer; to <ex>cover</ex> a table with a cloth.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To envelop; to clothe, as with a mantle or cloak.</def>

<blockquote>And with the majesty of darkness round <b>Covers</b> his throune. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>