adj. 1. covering the entire surface. an all-over pattern
Syn. -- allover. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To bend forward. [ R. ] Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who approves. Formerly, one who made proof or trial. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An informer; an accuser. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Eng. Law) One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See 1st Approvement, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 2d Approve, v. t. ] (Eng. Law) A bailiff or steward; an agent. [ Obs. ] Jacobs. [ 1913 Webster ]

A controversy (1886 -- 93) between Great Britain and the United States as to the right of Canadians not licensed by the United States to carry on seal fishing in the Bering Sea, over which the United States claimed jurisdiction as a mare clausum. A court of arbitration, meeting in Paris in 1893, decided against the claim of the United States, but established regulations for the preservation of the fur seal. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. an event that results in a transformation.
Syn. -- conversion, transition. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. claver, clover, AS. cl&aemacr_;fre; akin to LG. & Dan. klever, D. klaver, G. klee, Sw. klöfver. ] (Bot.) A plant of different species of the genus Trifolium; as the common red clover, Trifolium pratense, the white, Trifolium repens, and the hare's foot, Trifolium arvense. [ 1913 Webster ]

Clover weevil (Zool.) a small weevil (Apion apricans), that destroys the seeds of clover. --
Clover worm (Zool.), the larva of a small moth (Asopia costalis), often very destructive to clover hay. --
In clover, in very pleasant circumstances; fortunate. [ Colloq. ] --
Sweet clover. See Meliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Covered with growing clover. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flocks thick nibbling through the clovered vale. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a highway interchange between two roads in which the connecting road pattern resembles a four-leaf clover, and which allows moving from one road to another without left-hand turns. One road passes over the other, and the exit from one highway and entrance into the second highway proceeds from the right-hand lane in all directions. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. a hairy Eurasian plant (Geum urbanum) with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally.
Syn. -- herb bennet, wood avens, Geum urbanum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Turning or looking opposite ways. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The temple of Janus, with his two controversal faces. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Controversial. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Controversial. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. controverse. ] Controversy. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. controversari, fr. controversus turned against, disputed. ] To dispute; to controvert. [ Obs. ] “Controversed causes.” Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A disputant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. LL. controversialis. ] Relating to, or consisting of, controversy; disputatious; polemical; as, controversial divinity.

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Whole libraries of controversial books. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who carries on a controversy; a disputant. [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ Johnson ] was both intellectually and morally of the stuff of which controversialists are made. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a controversial manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of controverting; controversy. [ Obs. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A controverser. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Controversies /plu>. [ L. controversia, fr. controversus turned against, disputed; contro- = contra + versus, p. p. of vertere to turn. See Verse. ] 1. Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions. [ 1913 Webster ]

This left no room for controversy about the title. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

A dispute is commonly oral, and a controversy in writing. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Quarrel; strife; cause of variance; difference. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Lord hath a controversy with the nations. Jer. xxv. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A suit in law or equity; a question of right. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

When any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment. 2 Sam. xv. 2.

Syn. -- Dispute; debate; disputation; disagreement; altercation; contention; wrangle; strife; quarrel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Controverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Controverting. ] [ See Controversy. ] To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some controverted points had decided according to the sense of the best jurists. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who controverts; a controversial writer; a controversialist. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some controverters in divinity are like swaggerers in a tavern. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being controverted; disputable; admitting of question. -- Con`tro*ver"ti*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. One skilled in or given to controversy; a controversialist. [ 1913 Webster ]

How unfriendly is the controvertist to the discernment of the critic! Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. heated again after having cooled down; -- often used of food remaining from a previous day.
Syn. -- warmed-over, reheated. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. A joint sovereign. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Covered 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To envelop; to clothe, as with a mantle or cloak. [ 1913 Webster ]

And with the majesty of darkness round
Covers his throne. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

All that beauty than doth cover thee. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To invest (one's self with something); to bring upon (one's self); as, he covered himself with glory. [ 1913 Webster ]

The powers that covered themselves with everlasting infamy by the partition of Poland. Brougham. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To hide sight; to conceal; to cloak; as, the enemy were covered from our sight by the woods. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cloud covered the mount. Exod. xxiv. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

In vain shou striv'st to cover shame with shame. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To brood or sit on; to incubate. [ 1913 Webster ]

While the hen is covering her eggs, the male . . . diverts her with his songs. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To overwhelm; to spread over. [ 1913 Webster ]

The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen. Ex. xiv. 28. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To shelter, as from evil or danger; to protect; to defend; as, the cavalry covered the retreat. [ 1913 Webster ]

His calm and blameless life
Does with substantial blessedness abound,
And the soft wings of peace cover him round. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. To remove from remembrance; to put away; to remit. “Blessed is he whose is covered.” Ps. xxxii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. To put the usual covering or headdress on. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cover thy head . . . ; nay, prithee, be covered. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

11. To copulate with (a female); to serve; as, a horse covers a mare; -- said of the male. [ 1913 Webster ]

To cover ground or
To cover 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Anything which is laid, set, or spread, upon, about, or over, another thing; an envelope; a lid; as, the cover of a book. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything which veils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloak. “Under cover of the night.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

A handsome cover for imperfections. Collier. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Shelter; protection; as, the troops fought under cover of the batteries; the woods afforded a good cover. [ 1913 Webster ]

Being compelled to lodge in the field . . . whilst his army was under cover, they might be forced to retire. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Hunting) The woods, underbrush, etc., which shelter and conceal game; covert; as, to beat a cover; to ride to cover. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. That portion of a slate, tile, or shingle, which is hidden by the overlap of the course above. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Steam Engine) The lap of a slide valve. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. [ Cf. F. couvert. ] A tablecloth, and the other table furniture; esp., the table furniture for the use of one person at a meal; as, covers were laid for fifty guests. [ 1913 Webster ]

To break cover, to start from a covert or lair; -- said of game. --
Under cover, in an envelope, or within a letter; -- said of a written message. [ 1913 Webster ]

Letters . . . dispatched under cover to her ladyship. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To spread a table for a meal; to prepare a banquet. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the range of items covered. Coverage may be small (narrow coverage }, or large (broad coverage or wide coverage). [ PJC ]

2. The aggregate of risks covered by the terms of a contract of insurance. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. the state of being insured; insurance. [ PJC ]

4. the areas reached by a radio transmission signal, or group of people reached by a communications medium, such as television or a newspaper. [ PJC ]

5. the range of topics treated in a discourse or document, or the depth to which a subject is discussed; as, a news program may have extensive coverage of an event. “gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Democratic convention.” [ PJC ]

6. the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio of television; as, they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations.
Syn. -- reporting, reportage. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a loose-fitting one-piece garment that is worn over other clothing, especially one with trouser-like pants legs. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ See Kerchief. ] A covering for the head. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. covercle, F. couvercle, fr. L. cooperculum fr. cooperire. See cover ] A small cover; a lid. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A catch crop planted, esp. in orchards. as a protection to the soil in winter, as well as for the benefit of the soil when plowed under in spring. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Under cover; screened; sheltered; not exposed; hidden. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, covers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a wrapper, clothing, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Noah removed the covering of the ark. Gen. viii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. Job. xxiv. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

A covering over the well's mouth. 2 Sam. xvii. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. couvre-lit; couvrir to cover + lit bed, fr. L. lectus bed. See Cover. ] The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lay her in lilies and in violets . . .
And odored sheets and arras coverlets. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A coverlet. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the coverlid was cloth of gold. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports “point.” [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Co- (=co- in co- sine) + versed sine. ] (Geom.) The versed sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Something used to conceal infamy. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A region of country having covers; a hunting country. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ OF. covert, F. couvert, p. p. of couvrir. See Cover, v. t. ] 1. Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised. [ 1913 Webster ]

How covert matters may be best disclosed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whether of open war or covert guile. Milton [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of either side the green, to plant a covert alley. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) Under cover, authority or protection; as, a feme covert, a married woman who is considered as being under the protection and control of her husband. [ 1913 Webster ]

Covert way, (Fort.) See Covered way, under Covered.

Syn. -- Hidden; secret; private; covered; disguised; insidious; concealed. See Hidden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. See Covert, a. ] 1. A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense. [ 1913 Webster ]

A tabernacle . . . for a covert from storm. Is. iv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

The highwayman has darted from his covered by the wayside. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Cf. F. couverte. ] (Zool.) One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Law) Under the protection of a husband; married. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Secretly; in private; insidiously. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Secrecy; privacy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. coverture, F.couverture. ] 1. Covering; shelter; defense; hiding. [ 1913 Webster ]

Protected by walls or other like coverture. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beatrice, who even now
Is couched in the woodbine coverture. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) 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 feme covert, or femme couverte. [ 1913 Webster ]