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peart |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Peart \Peart\, a. [A variant of pert, a.] Active; lively; brisk; smart; -- often applied to convalescents; as she is quite peart to-day. [O. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] There was a tricksy girl, I wot, albeit clad in gray, As peart as bird, as straight as bolt, as fresh as flowers in May --Warner (1592).
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