Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COV'E-NANT
COV'E-NANT, v.i.
To enter into a formal agreement; to stipulate; to bind one's self by contract. A. covenants with B. to convey to him a certain estate. When the terms are expressed, it has for before the thing or price. They covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. – Matth. xxvi.
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