See Also: Cover(medicine)
Cover(finance)
Cover(money)
cover(1)(dictionary)
cover(2)(dictionary)
cover(3)(dictionary)
cover(4)(dictionary)
re-cover(dictionary)
cover-up(dictionary)
cover charge(dictionary)

cover(3) (iou)



cover verb1. Long obsolete exc. dial. Orig. acover.
[Old English acofrian corresp. to Old High German ir-koboron from Latin recuperare RECUPERATE. Aphet. Middle English to cover (infl. by Old French co(u)vrer get, acquire: cf. French recouvrer RECOVER verb1), which became thereafter the only form.]
verb trans. Get, gain, obtain, attain. OE.
b. verb intrans. Get to, out of, up, etc. OE-L15.
verb trans. Recover, regain. OE-LME.
verb trans. Restore, relieve (a person etc.); heal (a wound). OE-E17.
verb intrans. Recover (from sickness etc.); regain health; be restored. OE.