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   Cover (k?vˈ?r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Covered (-?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Covering.] [OF.  covrir, F.  couvrir, fr. L.  cooperire; co-  +  operire to cover; probably fr.  ob towards, over + the root appearing in aperire to open. Cf. Aperient, Overt, Curfew.]
   1. To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, “to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth”.
   
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   2. To envelop; to clothe, as with a mantle or cloak.
   
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   And with the majesty of darkness round
   
   Covers his throne. Milton.
   
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   All that beauty than doth cover thee. Shak.
   
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   3. To invest (one's self with something); to bring upon (one's self); as, “he covered himself with glory”.
   
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   The powers that covered themselves with everlasting infamy by the partition of Poland. Brougham.
   
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   4. To hide sight; to conceal; to cloak; as, “the enemy were covered from our sight by the woods”.
   
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   A cloud covered the mount. Exod. xxiv. 15.
   
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   In vain shou striv'st to cover shame with shame. Milton.
   
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   5. To brood or sit on; to incubate.
   
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   While the hen is covering her eggs, the male . . . diverts her with his songs. Addison.
   
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   6. To overwhelm; to spread over.
   
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   The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen. Ex. xiv. 28.
   
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   7. To shelter, as from evil or danger; to protect; to defend; as, “the cavalry covered the retreat”.
   
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   His calm and blameless life
   
   Does with substantial blessedness abound,
   
   And the soft wings of peace cover him round. Cowley.
   
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   8. To remove from remembrance; to put away; to remit. “Blessed is he whose is covered.”  Ps. xxxii. 1.
   
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   9. To extend over; to be sufficient for; to comprehend, include, or embrace; to account for or solve; to counterbalance; as, “a mortgage which fully covers a sum loaned on it; a law which covers all possible cases of a crime; receipts than do not cover expenses”.
   
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   10. To put the usual covering or headdress on.
   
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   Cover thy head . . . ; nay, prithee, be covered. Shak.
   
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   11. To copulate with (a female); to serve; as, “a horse covers a mare”; -- said of the male.
   
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   To cover ground or To cover distance, to pass over; as, “the rider covered the ground in an hour”. -- To cover one's short contracts (Stock Exchange), to buy stock when the market rises, as a dealer who has sold short does in order to protect himself. -- Covering party (Mil.), a detachment of troops sent for the protection of another detachment, as of men working in the trenches. -- To cover into, to transfer to; as, “to cover into the treasury”.
   
   Syn. -- To shelter; screen; shield; hide; overspread.
   
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   Cover (k?vˈ?r), n.
   1. Anything which is laid, set, or spread, upon, about, or over, another thing; an envelope; a lid; as, “the cover of a book”.
   
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   2. Anything which veils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloak. “Under cover of the night.”   Macaulay.
   
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   A handsome cover for imperfections. Collier.
   
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   3. Shelter; protection; as, “the troops fought under cover of the batteries; the woods afforded a good cover”.
   
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   Being compelled to lodge in the field . . . whilst his army was under cover, they might be forced to retire. Clarendon.
   
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   4. (Hunting) The woods, underbrush, etc., which shelter and conceal game; covert; as, “to beat a cover; to ride to cover”.
   
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   5. That portion of a slate, tile, or shingle, which is hidden by the overlap of the course above.  Knight.
   
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   6. (Steam Engine) The lap of a slide valve.
   
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   7. [Cf. F. couvert.] A tablecloth, and the other table furniture; esp., the table furniture for the use of one person at a meal; as, “covers were laid for fifty guests”.
   
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   To break cover, to start from a covert or lair; -- said of game. -- Under cover, in an envelope, or within a letter; -- said of a written message.
   
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   Letters . . . dispatched under cover to her ladyship. Thackeray.
   
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   Cover, v. i. To spread a table for a meal; to prepare a banquet. [Obs.]  Shak.
   
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