/ə(ʊ)ˈvɜːt/, /ˈə(ʊ)ˌvɜːt/, /oʊˈvɚt/
OriginFrom Middle English overt, uverte (“open, uncovered; unfastened; accessible, unobstructed; clear, manifest”), from Anglo-Norman overt, Middle French ouvert, Old French overt, ouvert, uvert (“opened”) (modern French ouvert), past participle of Anglo-Norman, Old French ovrir, ouvrir, uvrir (“to open”), from Late Latin operire, variant of Latin aperīre (“to open”), from aperiō (“to open, uncover”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“away; from”) + *h₂wer- (“to cover, shut”). The English word is a doublet of apert and ouvert.
- not-comparableOpen and not concealed or secret.
“The buſineſs of Overt-Acts is, where the Compaſſing and Imagining the King's Death is the Crime and Queſtion, and this muſt be diſcover'd by Overt-Acts. But if the Treaſon be falſifying of the King's ”
“[T]he essence of a sale in a market overt is, that the goods should be openly exposed in the ordinary way, and also that the whole transaction should take place there, and at one time. If a man make a”
“Students receive hidden messages from their participation in classroom activites, by attending school and by virtue of the context of school in society. [...] Educators have argued that children shoul”
- not-comparableDisclosed.
“Arg. an eagle rising wings overt inverted sa. armed or. HILTOFTE, V.”
- An action or condition said to be detrimental to one’s own survival and thus unethical; the consciousness of such behaviour.
“Scientologists are sure that the person must have “overts” against Scientology, therefore nothing a former member says can be trusted.”
“Masturbation is an overt—strictly forbidden in Scientology, as Hubbard believed that it can slow one’s process to enlightenment.”
“Anyone who leaves has committed “overts” (harmful acts) against the church and is withholding them. The church is obligated to make such people come clean, Hubbard said, because withholding overts aga”
Formsoverts(plural)