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Definition of Peart
1. a. Active; lively; brisk; smart; -- often applied to convalescents; as, she is quite peart to-day.
Definition of Peart
1. lively [adj PEARTER, PEARTEST] : PEARTLY [adv] - See also: lively
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peart
Literary usage of Peart
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"In his 'Animal Heat' peart revives the idea of John Mayow [qv] that animal ...
From his writings, and in spite of his controversies, peart appears as a man ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Common Pleas: And by Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, William Pyle Taunton, Great Britain Courts (1818)
"Sarah peart, the daughter of Joseph peart the testator, married J. Hatch, by whom
she had one son named Francis. Sarah Hatch died in 1776, ..."
3. History of Utah: Comprising Preliminary Chapters on the Previous History of by Orson Ferguson Whitney (1904)
"Bishop Stoker was the father of six children. His son David is now Bishop of East
Bountiful, where the father died, June 11, 1881. JACOB peart. ..."
4. Lincolnshire Pedigrees by A R (Arthur Roland) Maddison, Arthur Staunton Larken (1904)
"William peart=j=. . . . dim. of .... Helen, dan. of . ... Robert peart,
woollen-=Sarah, draper, bapt. at St. dau.of ..."
5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1788)
"By E. peart, MD 8vo. 25. '6d. Boards. Gain/borough printed; and fold by Edwards,
London. 1788. After reciting the modern theories of ..."
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