† becoverv.
Obsolete.
transitive.
1. To recover.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] > again or back
acovera1225
covera1300
gain-covera1300
to get againc1380
recovera1387
becoverc1400
recounsel?a1425
recurea1425
win1489
redeem1526
readept1537
rehave1541
recuperate1542
regain1548
reobtain1579
retire1584
reget1585
to get back1587
retrieve1589
reprise1590
reprocure1590
reattain1595
relieve1596
recompassc1604
reacquire1627
reacquist1635
recruit1656
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1327 Þat he ful clanly bi-cuv-er his carp bi þe laste.
2. To cover over.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] > cover over or up
bitheccheOE
bewrya1000
overheleOE
becoverc1325
overcovera1382
overhillc1390
hapc1400
whelvec1440
bield?1507
to cover over1530
obrute1542
overdight1581
whave1674
tile1719
beshroud1847
to cover up1872
c1325 Coer de L. 3925 Alle becoveryd wer feeldes and pleynes With knyghtes.
1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iii. 118 That great one seene with blacke becouered so.
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