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.
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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]