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Those who use our Patriotism or Jesus as a cover are the most ANTI American and ANTI Christian people.

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  1. transitive verb To place something upon or over, so as to protect or conceal.
  2. transitive verb To overlay or spread with something: cover potatoes with gravy.
  3. transitive verb To put a cover or covering on.
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  • Those who use our Patriotism or Jesus as a cover are the most ANTI American and ANTI Christian people. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
  • Criminal gangs using religion as a cover are also active in the area —  The Jawa Report
  • Matt Reisenauer, the band's percussionist, says the inspiration for the cover was a bit more rebellious than you might think.
  • Not good by any standard, but it's particularly bad when you consider the name splashed across the top of the cover is the —  Blog@Newsarama
  • The kids on the cover were actually from the school where I was working at the time. —  Music news, reviews, comment and features | guardian.co.uk
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sheet ·  coat ·  box ·  surface ·  frame ·  cap ·  plate ·  cloth ·  curtain ·  screen ·  ring ·  blanket

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cover:   covering ·  covered ·  covers
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  1. Middle English coveren, from Old French covrir, from Latin cooperīre, to cover completely : co-, intensive pref.; see co- + operīre, to cover; see wer-4 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English cuveren, coveren, kuveren, also keveren, kiveren (later modern dial. kiver), from Old French covrir, cuvrir, couvrir, French couvrir = Provencal cobrir, cubrir = Spanish cubrir = Portuguese cobrir = Italian coprire, from Latin cooperire, cover, from co- (intensive) + operire, shut, hide, conceal: see coöperculum, etc., and cf. aperient, apert.
  2. from cover, v. Cf. covert.
  3. from Middle English coveren, cuveren, kuveren, keveren, from Old French cobrer, coubrer = Provencal Spanish Portuguese cobrar, from Middle Latin *cuperare (cf. deriv. cuperamentum) for recuperare, recover: see recover and recuperate.
  4. Welsh cyfair.
 

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