/oh verrt", oh"verrt/ , adj.
1. open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret: overt hostility.
2. Heraldry. (of a device, as a purse) represented as open: a purse overt.
[ 1275-1325; ME ouvrir to open operire, for L aperire ]
Syn. 1. plain, manifest, apparent, public.
Ant. 1. private, concealed.