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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pert  \Pert\,  v.  i. 
  To  behave  with  pertness.  [Obs.]  --Gauden. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pert  \Pert\,  a.  [An  aphetic  form  of  OE  &  OF  apert  open  known 
  true,  free  or  impudent.  See  {Apert}.] 
  1.  Open  evident;  apert.  [Obs.]  --Piers  Plowman. 
 
  2.  Lively;  brisk;  sprightly;  smart.  [Obs.]  --Shak. 
 
  3.  Indecorously  free  or  presuming;  saucy;  bold;  impertinent. 
  ``A  very  pert  manner.''  --Addison. 
 
  The  squirrel,  flippant,  pert,  and  full  of  play. 
  --Cowper. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pert 
  adj  :  characterized  by  a  lightly  pert  and  exuberant  quality;  "a 
  certain  irreverent  gaiety  and  ease  of  manner"  [syn:  {impertinent}, 
  {irreverent},  {saucy}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  PERT 
 
  {Program  Evaluation  and  Review  Technique} 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  PERT 
  Program  Evaluation  /  Evolution  and  Review  Technique 
 
 




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