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concealed

[kuhn-seel]

verb (used with object)

to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.

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 hull¹, Greek koleón scabbard (see Coleoptera); compare 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

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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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Synonyms
1. See hide¹.

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Example Sentences

Driskill said today that the amendment to allow people to carry concealed weapons that he was sponsoring would not have.

Not all state laws ban concealed carry on campus specifically, and some campuses follow suit.

One bill, for instance, would allow people to carry concealed weapons on college campuses.

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Driskill said today that the amendment to allow people to carry concealed weapons that he was sponsoring would not have.

Not all state laws ban concealed carry on campus specifically, and some campuses follow suit.

One bill, for instance, would allow people to carry concealed weapons on college campuses.

Hunters often concealed themselves beneath buffalo hides.

The e-mail messages contained false header information that concealed the actual sender from the recipients.

Kid gloves still concealed the hands, and a black hat lay smashed deep inside the pit.

Both have inconspicuous red flowers concealed in tubular or slipper-shaped red bracts.

There's a problem with that dowsing lark: wealthy, stupid white people typically don't need to find concealed underground streams.

Pavlicek said, did the deputies tell the couples they had found marijuana and a concealed weapon in the car.

Finally, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon on our campus.

Greece, which joined the euro two years after its inception, has concealed the dodgy state of its finances.

In each test, an animal was allowed to enter a room after food had been concealed inside one of two identical opaque containers.

Cal has a backward system for issuing concealed pistol licenses.

The machine exposes anything concealed beneath clothing, including plastic explosives stored in body cavities.

They are familiar with all the details of infants, and know the symptoms of concealed pins and the remedies for real.

At this late date, it is hard to not view a concealed bias in almost every case of doubting evolution.

The commodity boom has so far concealed the slowdown, but even if prices stay high, further gains on this scale seem unlikely.

In the center of the ring stood a watchtower occupied by observers who were completely concealed from the prisoners.

In a test of spatial working memory, for example, they asked the mothers to collect tokens concealed by boxes.

But real men will go for the concealed holster-style strap which looks both comfortable and awesome.

It would not allow for carrying a concealed weapon into any state or area that has chosen not to permit concealed carry.

The concealed blood test led to another deathbed confession-this time from one of the prosecutors involved.

It is entirely nocturnal, spending the day concealed in dense spruce or a hollow tree.

What you don't think of is dangerous concealed weaponry.

For years, being able to carry a concealed handgun has been a sacred right for many gun enthusiasts.

Special software allows them to send untraceable e-mails from concealed internet addresses.

They surprise and snare such fare with hidden jaws concealed inside an innocent-looking, rounded front end.

He wanted a sweet concealed carry piece, but there was not a single full-power pocket pistol on the market.

He was highly enthusiastic at the way his scheme had been received there, and denied that he had concealed his plans.

Just better or worse concealed depending on the politician in charge.

Most sharks keep their hardware concealed behind their fixed crescent frowns.

Everything you need to set up an encrypted mesh network on the sly, all concealed inside an ordinary valise.

They were concealed beneath a box of tools which had been put under a culvert for safe keeping over night.

With progressive capital gains the real costs of government are concealed from the majority of taxpayers.

Parts of the manual were redacted, but the redaction was bungled and allowed anyone to easily uncover the concealed information.

Customs officers slid their swords between the planks of the decks to skewer anyone concealed below.

What emerges should be a fairly accurate picture of the concealed target.

In initial attack mode for stealth everything is carried concealed to avoid radar signature.

All these ports are concealed behind protective flaps when not in use.

Instead, it concealed the problems, avoided responsibility and failed to take its medicine.

Too many functions that should be dedicated buttons on the camcorder are concealed in the menus.

The trend was concealed by people building houses at inflated prices.

Karakarlos revealed a world of complexity concealed inside the calcified relic.

It would not reveal anything concealed inside the body, because the terahertz signals cannot go through water, or metal.

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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.

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