overt

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  1. adjective Open and observable; not hidden, concealed, or secret: overt hostility; overt intelligence gathering.
  2. adjective Of, relating to, or being military or intelligence operations sanctioned or mandated by Congress: overt aid to the rebels.

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  • Although not overt, an Eastern influence reveals itself amidst the renovated spaces. —  Apartment Therapy Main
  • People will, however, start to realize it when the services start selling this information and it begins to be used in overt (and annoying) ways to separate users from their money.
  • This Bill of Rights is an audacious, many might argue naïve, document that is probably part manifesto and part marketing ploy, though not necessarily an overt or inappropriate one. —  Gamers With Jobs -
  • Volvo S80's interior is a little more overt, borrowing the thin center stack from the smaller S40; that part of the instrument panel is styled like a high-end audio system, and behind the thin panel of audio and climate controls, there's storage for smaller items. —  The Car Connection
  • No one in the debate could be charged with any overt or blatant lies with the exception of the cunning use of a lie of omission. —  The Reality Check
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, past participle of ovrir, to open, from Vulgar Latin *ōperīre, alteration (influenced by Latin cōperīre, to cover) of Latin aperīre; see wer-4 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English overte, from Old French overt, ouvert, French ouvert, open, opened, past participle of ovrir, French ouvrir, open, prob. a contraction of Old French aövrir, aüvrir = Provencal adubrir, open, from Latin ad, to, + Late Latin deoperire, open, uncover, from Latin de, off, out, + operire, cover, perhaps from obperire, from ob, before, in front, + -perire, as in aperire, uncover: see aperient. The two forms appear to have been somewhat confused, and Old French ovrir, if not from aövrir, must be considered a variant of avrir, from Latin aperire, open.
 

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