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Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English conselen, concelen < Anglo-French conceler < Latin concēlāre, equivalent to con- con- + cēlāre to hide (akin to hull1, Greek koleón scabbard (see Coleoptera); cf. occult)
1275–1325; Middle English conselen, concelen < Anglo-French conceler < Latin concēlāre, equivalent to con- con- + cēlāre to hide (akin to hull1, Greek koleón scabbard (see Coleoptera); cf. occult)
Related forms
con·ceal·a·ble, adjective
con·ceal·a·bil·i·ty, noun
con·ceal·ed·ly, adverb
con·ceal·ed·ness, noun
con·ceal·er, noun
half-con·cealed, adjective
half-con·ceal·ing, adjective
pre·con·ceal, verb (used with object)
re·con·ceal, verb (used with object)
sem·i·con·cealed, adjective
sub·con·cealed, adjective
un·con·cealed, adjective
un·con·ceal·ing, adjective
un·con·ceal·ing·ly, adverb
well-con·cealed, adjective
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to keep from discovery; hide |
| 2. | to keep secret |
| [C14: from Old French conceler, from Latin concēlāre, from com- (intensive) + cēlāre to hide] | |
| con'cealable | |
| —adj | |
| con'cealer | |
| —n | |
| con'cealment | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
conceal
1292, from O.Fr. conceler "to hide," from L. concelare "to hide," from com- "together" + celare "to hide," from PIE base *kel- "to hide" (see cell). Replaced O.E. deagan.
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Example sentences
What you don't think of is dangerous concealed weaponry.
Both have inconspicuous red flowers concealed in tubular or slipper-shaped red bracts.
Instead, it concealed the problems, avoided responsibility and failed to take its medicine.
Customs officers slid their swords between the planks of the decks to skewer anyone concealed below.
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