Part 2518

<h1>Covertly</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"ert*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Secretly; in private; insidiously.</def>

<h1>Covertness</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"ert*ness</hw> <tt>(k?v"?rt-n?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Secrecy; privacy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Coverture</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"er*ture</hw> <tt>(k?v"?r-t?r; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>coverture</ets>,F.<ets>couverture</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Covering; shelter; defence; hiding.</def>

<blockquote>Protected by walls or other like <b>coverture</b>. <i>Woodward.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Beatrice, who even now Is couched in the woodbine <b>coverture</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>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 <i>feme covert</i>, or <i>femme couverte</i>.</def>

<h1>Covet</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"et</hw> <tt>(k?v"?t)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Covered</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Coveting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>coveitier</ets>, <ets>covoitier</ets>, F. <ets>convoiter</ets>, from a derivative fr. L. <ets>cupere</ets> to desire; cf. Skr. <ets>kup</ets> to become excited. Cf. <er>Cupidity</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of; -- used in a good sen<?/.</def>

<blockquote><b>Covet</b> earnestly the best gifts. <i>1. Cor. xxii. 31.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>If it be a sin to <b>covet</b> honor, I am the most offending soul alive. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).</def>

<blockquote>Thou shalt not <b>covet</b> thy neighbor's house. <i>Ex. xx. 17.</i></blockquote>

<h1>yn</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>yn</hw><def>. -- To long for; desire; hanker after; crave.</def>

<h1>Covet</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"et</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To have or indulge inordinate desire.</def>

<blockquote>Which [money] while some <b>coveted</b> after, they have erred from the faith. <i>1 Tim. vi. 10.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Covetable</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"et*a*ble</hw> <tt>(k?v"?t-?-b'l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That may be coveted; desirable.</def>

<h1>Coveter</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"et*er</hw> <tt>(-?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who covets.</def>

<h1>Covetise</h1> <Xpage=336>

<hw>Cov"et*ise</hw> <tt>(-?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>coveitise</ets>, F. <ets>convoitise</ets>. See <er>Covet</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt> ]</ety> <def>Avarice.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>