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Webster 1913 Edition


Peart

Peart

(pērt)
,
Adj.
[A variant of
pert
,
Adj.
]
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).