sub concealed
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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| —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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