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se·crete1    Audio Help   [si-kreet] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -cret·ed, -cret·ing.
to discharge, generate, or release by the process of secretion.
[Origin: 1700–10; back formation from secretion]
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se·crete2    Audio Help   [si-kreet] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -cret·ed, -cret·ing.
to place out of sight; hide; conceal: squirrels secreting nuts in a hollow tree trunk.
[Origin: 1735–45; alter. of obs. secret, v. use of secret]

—Synonyms cover, shroud, disguise. See hide1.
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se·crete 1    Audio Help   (sĭ-krēt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   se·cret·ed, se·cret·ing, se·cret·es
To generate and separate (a substance) from cells or bodily fluids: secrete digestive juices.


[Back-formation from secretion1.]

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se·crete 2    Audio Help   (sĭ-krēt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   se·cret·ed, se·cret·ing, se·cret·es
  1. To conceal in a hiding place; cache. See Synonyms at hide1.
  2. To steal secretly; filch.


[Probably alteration of obsolete secret, from secret.]

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