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coveyed

coveyed is the simple past and past participle of covey.

Meaning of covey

Verb

covey (third-person singular simple present coveys, present participle coveying, simple past and past participle coveyed)

  1. (intransitive) To gather into a group.
    • Our fortunes and our ſelves, are things ſo cloſely linked, that vve knovv not vvhich is the cauſe of the love that vve finde, vvhen theſe tvvo ſhall part, vve may then diſcover to vvhich of them affection vvill make vvinge; vvhen they are covied together vve knovv not vvhich is in purſuit; vvhen...1649, Edw[ard] Burton, “Of the Triall of Faith and Friendship”, in The Fathers Legacy: Or Burtons Collections. […], London: […] John Clowes, for Mathew Walbancke […], →OCLC, page 117

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Questions about coveyed

What is coveyed the simple past and past participle of?
Coveyed is the simple past and past participle of covey.

Words near coveyed in the dictionary

  1. covetously
  2. covetousness
  3. covetousnesses
  4. covets
  5. covey
  6. coveyed
  7. coveying
  8. coveys
  9. covfefe
  10. Covian
  11. Covians

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