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   Pert (?), a. [An aphetic form of OE. & OF. apert open, known, true, free, or impudent. See Apert.]
   1. Open; evident; apert. [Obs.]  Piers Plowman.
   
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   2. Lively; brisk; sprightly; smart. [Obs.]  Shak.
   
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   3. Indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent. “A very pert manner.”  Addison.
   
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   The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play. Cowper.
   
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   Pert, v. i. To behave with pertness. [Obs.]  Gauden.
   
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