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con·ceal
/
kənˈsil
/
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[
k
uh
n-
seel
]
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verb (used with object)
1.
to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight:
He concealed the gun under his coat.
2.
to keep secret; to prevent or avoid disclosing or divulging:
to conceal one's
identity
by using a false
name
.
Origin:
1275–1325;
Middle English
conselen, concelen
<
Anglo-French
conceler
<
Latin
concēlāre,
equivalent to
con-
con-
+
cēlāre
to hide (akin to
hull
1
,
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
Synonyms
1.
See
hide
1
.
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Collins
World English Dictionary
conceal
(kənˈsiːl)
—
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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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.
It would not allow for carrying a
concealed
weapon into any state or area that has chosen not to permit
concealed
carry.
Their half-
concealed
achievements were at last embodied in his own pages.
It would not reveal anything
concealed
inside the body, because the terahertz signals cannot go through water, or metal.
He wanted a sweet
concealed
carry piece, but there was not a single full-power pocket pistol on the market.
Excellence when
concealed
, differs but little from buried worthlessness.
Now she was looking for a
concealed
tunnel which would reunite them.
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