These are the meanings of the letters COVITE when you unscramble them.
- Civet (n.)
A substance, of the consistence of butter or honey, taken from glands in the anal pouch of the civet (Viverra civetta). It is of clear yellowish or brownish color, of a strong, musky odor, offensive when undiluted, but agreeable when a small portion is mixed with another substance. It is used as a perfume.
- Civet (n.)
The animal that produces civet (Viverra civetta); -- called also civet cat. It is carnivorous, from two to three feet long, and of a brownish gray color, with transverse black bands and spots on the body and tail. It is a native of northern Africa and of Asia. The name is also applied to other species.
- Civet (v. t.)
To scent or perfume with civet.
- Covet (v. i.)
To have or indulge inordinate desire.
- Covet (v. t.)
To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
- Covet (v. t.)
To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of; -- used in a good sense.
- Evict (v. t.)
To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust.
- Evict (v. t.)
To evince; to prove.
- Voice (n.)
A particular mode of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
- Voice (n.)
Command; precept; -- now chiefly used in scriptural language.
- Voice (n.)
Language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion.
- Voice (n.)
One who speaks; a speaker.
- Voice (n.)
Opinion or choice expressed; judgment; a vote.
- Voice (n.)
Sound of the kind or quality heard in speech or song in the consonants b, v, d, etc., and in the vowels; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; -- distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in f, s, sh, etc., and also whisper.
- Voice (n.)
Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character; as, the human voice; a pleasant voice; a low voice.
- Voice (n.)
The faculty or power of utterance; as, to cultivate the voice.
- Voice (n.)
The tone or sound emitted by anything.
- Voice (v. i.)
To clamor; to cry out.
- Voice (v. t.)
To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of; as, to voice the pipes of an organ.
- Voice (v. t.)
To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce; to divulge; as, to voice the sentiments of the nation.
- Voice (v. t.)
To utter with sonant or vocal tone; to pronounce with a narrowed glottis and rapid vibrations of the vocal cords; to speak above a whisper.
- Voice (v. t.)
To vote; to elect; to appoint.