- 1. a. Active; lively; brisk; smart; -- often applied to convalescents; as, she is quite peart to-day. Source: opted
- 2. 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). Source: webster
- 3. Active; lively; brisk; smart; -- often applied toconvalescents; 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 asbird, as straight as bolt, as fresh as flowers in May. Warner (1592). Source: adambom
- 4. a. Active; lively; brisk; smart; -- often applied to convalescents; as, she is quite peart to-day. Source: ecdict
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