See Also: overt(dictionary)
overt(dictionary)
OVERT(law)
overt homosexuality(medicine)
MARKET OVERT, Eng(law)

overt (iou)



overt adjective. ME.
[Old French (mod. ouvert), pa. pple of ovrir (mod. ouvrir) open from Latin aperire.]
Open, not closed; (esp. of a building) uncovered. Long rare. ME.
Exposed to view or knowledge; done openly or publicly; unconcealed, not secret. ME.
A. Lurie Some..have already gone much further in terms of overt hostility. L. Gordon His life had become an inner waste, despite its overt success.
Phrases & special collocations: market overt: see MARKET noun. overt act Law an act which can be proved to have been done, implying criminal intent. pound overt: see POUND noun2 1a.
overtly adverb ME.
overtness noun L19.