o´vert|ness

o´vert|ness
o|vert «OH vurt, oh VURT», adjective.
1. open or public; evident; not hidden: »

Hitting someone is an overt act. I know only his overt reasons for refusing; he may have others.

SYNONYM(S): plain, manifest, apparent.
2. Heraldry, (of a bearing) having an open figure; outspread, as the wings of a bird in flight.
[< Old French overt < Vulgar Latin ōpertus, alteration of Latin apertus, past participle of aperīre open]
o´vert|ly, adverb.
o´vert|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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