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discovert
[ dis-kuhv-ert ]
adjective
- (of a woman) not covert; not under the protection of a husband.
discovert
/ »åɪ²õË°ìʱ¹É³Ù /
adjective
- law (of a woman) not under the protection of a husband; being a widow, spinster, or divorcée
Derived Forms
- »åŸ±²õ˳ŠŽÇ±¹±ð°ù³Ù³Ü°ù±ð, noun
yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of discovert1
yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of discovert1
Example Sentences
But weâre to daeât wiâoot loss oâ life on oor ain part, if possible; yeâll therefore approach the place cannily and get as close up to it as maybe wiâoot beinâ discovert; and, that done, yeâll be pleased tae keek rounâ and ascertain if thereâs ony way oâ gettinâ intil it wiâoot haeinâ to storârâm it.
Ze zeegret dat Capâen Shackzon tell to me vas dat he hat discovert von dreazure in a cave in ze islant von day dat he vas plown into ze bay in a squall; and ven he vas go back to Guayaquil, he vas charter ze schgooners to zail back to ze islant again.
Rosalynde returning home from the triumph, after she waxed solitary, love presented her with the idea of Rosader's perfection, and taking her at discovert struck her so deep, as she felt herself grow passing passionate.
Thereon James rose to reply in terms of elephantine eloquence, and would have gone through the whole case again had not Lady Holmhurst in despair pulled him by the sleeve and told him that he must propose her health, which he did with sincerity, lightly alluding to the fact that she was a widow by describing her as being in a "discovert condition, with all the rights and responsibilities of a 'femme sole.'"
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