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   Cover , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Covered ; 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.]
   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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   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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   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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   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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   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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    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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   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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   To remove from remembrance; to put away; to remit. “Blessed is he whose is covered.”  
   Ps. xxxii. 1.
   
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   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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   To put the usual covering or headdress on.
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   Cover thy head . . . ; nay, prithee, be covered.
   Shak.
   
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   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 , n.
   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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   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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   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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   (Hunting) The woods, underbrush, etc., which shelter and conceal game; covert; as, to beat a cover; to ride to cover.
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    That portion of a slate, tile, or shingle, which is hidden by the overlap of the course above.  
   Knight.
   
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   (Steam Engine) The lap of a slide valve.
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   [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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