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concealment

[kuhn-seel-muhnt] Example Sentences Origin

con·ceal·ment

[kuhn-seel-muhnt]
noun
1.
the act of concealing.
2.
the state of being concealed.
3.
a means or place of hiding.

Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English concelement < Anglo-French. See conceal, -ment

non·con·ceal·ment, noun
pre·con·ceal·ment, noun
re·con·ceal·ment, noun
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Example Sentences
  • Kempff's insouciant tempos and simplicity of line employ a strategy of concealment.
  • With a slowing world economy making a further rise in the oil price unlikely in the short term, concealment will get harder.
  • But scientists have turned to two rather more colorful animals in their search for new systems of military concealment.
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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

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Word Origin & History

concealment
1292, in Anglo-Fr., from O.Fr. concelement, from concéler "to hide" (see conceal). Originally a term in law, general sense is from c.1600.
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