CPage 461
- English Word Covenant Definition The promises of God as revealed in the Scriptures, conditioned on certain terms on the part of man, as obedience, repentance, faith, etc.
- English Word Covenant Definition A solemn compact between members of a church to maintain its faith, discipline, etc.
- English Word Covenant Definition An undertaking, on sufficient consideration, in writing and under seal, to do or to refrain from some act or thing; a contract; a stipulation; also, the document or writing containing the terms of agreement.
- English Word Covenant Definition A form of action for the violation of a promise or contract under seal.
- English Word Covenant Definition To agree (with); to enter into a formal agreement; to bind one's self by contract; to make a stipulation.
- English Word Covenant Definition To grant or promise by covenant.
- English Word Covenanted Definition of Covenant
- English Word Covenantee Definition The person in whose favor a covenant is made.
- English Word Covenanter Definition One who makes a covenant.
- English Word Covenanter Definition One who subscribed and defended the "Solemn League and Covenant." See Covenant.
- English Word Covenanting Definition of Covenant
- English Word Covenanting Definition Belonging to a covenant. Specifically, belonging to the Scotch Covenanters.
- English Word Covenantor Definition The party who makes a covenant.
- English Word Covenous Definition See Covinous, and Covin.
- English Word Covent Definition A convent or monastery.
- English Word Coventry Definition A town in the county of Warwick, England.
- English Word Cover Definition To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.
- English Word Cover Definition To envelop; to clothe, as with a mantle or cloak.
- English Word Cover Definition To invest (one's self with something); to bring upon (one's self); as, he covered himself with glory.
- English Word Cover Definition To hide sight; to conceal; to cloak; as, the enemy were covered from our sight by the woods.
- English Word Cover Definition To brood or sit on; to incubate.
- English Word Cover Definition To shelter, as from evil or danger; to protect; to defend; as, the cavalry covered the retreat.
- English Word Cover Definition To remove from remembrance; to put away; to remit.
- English Word Cover Definition 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.
- English Word Cover Definition To put the usual covering or headdress on.
- English Word Cover Definition To copulate with (a female); to serve; as, a horse covers a mare; -- said of the male.
- English Word Cover Definition Anything which is laid, set, or spread, upon, about, or over, another thing; an envelope; a lid; as, the cover of a book.
- English Word Cover Definition Anything which veils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloak.
- English Word Cover Definition Shelter; protection; as, the troops fought under cover of the batteries; the woods afforded a good cover.
- English Word Cover Definition The woods, underbrush, etc., which shelter and conceal game; covert; as, to beat a cover; to ride to cover.