v. Obs. [f. BE- + COVER v.] trans.

1

  1.  To recover.

2

c. 1325.  E. E. Allit. P., B. 1327. Þat he ful clanly bi-cuv-er his carp bi þe laste.

3

  2.  To cover over.

4

c. 1325.  Coer de L., 3925. Alle becoveryd wer feeldes and pleynes With knyghtes.

5

1594.  Carew, Tasso (1881), 63. That great one seene with blacke becouered so.

6