overt. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

overt

SYLLABICATION:	o·vert
PRONUNCIATION:	-vûrt, vûrt
ADJECTIVE:	1. Open and observable; not hidden, concealed, or secret: overt hostility; overt intelligence gathering. 2. Of, relating to, or being military or intelligence operations sanctioned or mandated by Congress: overt aid to the rebels.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English, from Old French, past participle of ovrir, to open, from Vulgar Latin ^*perre, alteration (influenced by Latin cperre, to cover) of Latin aperre; see wer-⁴ in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:	o·vertly —ADVERB o·vertness —NOUN


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