01 a. Active; lively; brisk; smart; -- often applied to convalescents; as, she is quite peart to-day.
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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).