overt 音标拼音: [ov'ɚt] ['ovɚt]
a . 明显的,公然的
明显的,公然的
overt adj 1 :
open and observable ;
not secret or hidden ; "
an overt lie "; "
overt hostility "; "
overt intelligence gathering ";
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open ballots " [
synonym : {
overt }, {
open }] [
ant : {
covert }]
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OF .
overt ,
F .
ouvert ,
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of OF .
ovrir ,
F .
ouvrir ,
to open ,
of uncertain origin ;
cf .
It .
aprire ,
OIt .
also oprire ,
L .
aperire to open ,
operire to cover ,
deoperire to uncover .
Perh .
from L .
aperire influenced by F .
couvrir to cover .
Cf .
{
Aperient }, {
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1 .
Open to view ;
public ;
apparent ;
manifest .
Opposite of {
hidden }.
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Overt and apparent virtues bring forth praise .
--
Bacon .
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2 . (
Law )
Not covert ;
open ;
public ;
manifest ;
as ,
an overt act of treason . --
Macaulay .
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No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act ,
or on confession in open court . --
Constitution of the U .
S .
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Note :
In criminal law ,
an overt act is an open act done in pursuance and manifestation of a criminal design ;
the mere design or intent not being punishable without such act .
In English law ,
market overt is an open market ;
a pound overt is an open ,
uncovered pound .
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22 Moby Thesaurus words for "
overt ":
apparent ,
bald ,
bare ,
clear ,
clear -
cut ,
disclosed ,
evident ,
exposed ,
manifest ,
naked ,
observable ,
obvious ,
open ,
open as day ,
open to all ,
patent ,
plain ,
public ,
revealed ,
unclassified ,
unconcealed ,
visible OVERT .
Open .
An overt act in treason is proof of the intention of the traitor ,
because it opens his designs ;
without an overt act treason cannot be committed .
2 Chit :
Cr .
Law ,
40 .
An overt act then ,
is one which manifests the intention of the traitor ,
to commit treason .
Archb .
Cr .
Pl .
379 4 Bl .
Com .
79 .
2 .
The mere contemplation or intention to commit a crime ;
although a sin in the sight of heaven ,
is not an act amenable to human laws .
The were speculative wantonness of a licentious imagination ,
however dangerous ,
or even sanguinary in its object ,
can in no case amount to a crime .
But the moment that any overt act is manifest ,
the offender becomes amenable to the laws .
Vide Attempt ;
Conspiracy ,
and Cro .
Car .
577 .
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