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  1. adjective Not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown: covert military operations; covert funding for the rebels. See Synonyms at secret.
  2. adjective Covered or covered over; sheltered.
  3. adjective Law Being married and therefore protected by one's husband.
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  • I call the covert actualization of torture in current Department of Defense interrogation policy the "viralization" of the Army Field Manual. —  - Front Page
  • The statement described Plame's status at the CIA as "covert," "undercover" and "classified."
  • In the past week, the Bush administration has begun doing precisely what Obama recommended -- covert attacks inside Pakistan aimed at eliminating terrorists. —  The Times of India
  • "He's going to have answers that only will satisfy people halfway; dealing anytime with any kind of covert organization they can't ever spill the beans totally," Jeffrey says. —  KGET: Local News
  • Perhaps someone in the White House should look up the meaning of the word covert. —  Signs of the Times
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from past participle of covrir, to cover; see cover.

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  1. I. a.: from Middle English covert, from Old French covert, cuvert, couvert, French couvert = Spanish cubierto = Portuguese coberto, cuberto = Italian coperto, coverto, covered, from Latin coopertus, past participle of cooperire (later Old French covrir, cuvrir, couvrir, French couvrir, etc., cover: see cover, v.). II. n.: from Middle English covert, coverte, from Old French covert, couvert (French covert), masculine, coverte, couverte, feminine, cover, covert, French couverte, feminine, deck, glazing, = Spanish cubierta = Portuguese coberta, cuberta = Italian coperta, coverta, feminine, cover; from Middle Latin coopertum, a cover, covert (of woods), etc., cooperta, a cover, covered place, deck, etc.: neuter and feminine respectively of Latin coopertus, past participle of cooperire, cover: see above. Cf. couvert, couverte, and cover, n.
  2. from Middle English coverten, from covert, a cover: see covert, n.
 

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