See Also: discovert(medicine)
discovert(dictionary)
DISCOVERT(law)

discovert (iou)



discovert adjective & noun. LME.
[Old French descovert (mod. decouvert) pa. pple of descovrir: see DISCOVER.]
A. adjective.
Uncovered, exposed, unprotected. LME-E16.
Law. Of a woman: without a husband, not covert (COVERT adjective 5). M18.
B. noun. An exposed state. Chiefly in at discovert, off one's guard. LME-L16.
discoverture noun (a) rare an indication, a manifestation; (b) Law the state of being discovert: L16.