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conceal

[ kuhn-seel ]

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.



conceal

/ əˈː /

verb

  1. to keep from discovery; hide
  2. to keep secret
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • Dzˈ𲹱Գ, noun
  • Dzˈ𲹱, adjective
  • Dzˈ𲹱, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • Dz·𲹱a· adjective
  • Dz·𲹱a·i·ٲ noun
  • Dz·𲹱Ļ· adverb
  • Dz·𲹱Ļ·Ա noun
  • Dz·𲹱İ noun
  • 󲹱-Dz·𲹱 adjective
  • 󲹱-Dz·𲹱iԲ adjective
  • cDz·𲹱 verb (used with object)
  • cDz·𲹱 verb (used with object)
  • i·Dz·𲹱 adjective
  • ܲcDz·𲹱 adjective
  • ܲcDz·𲹱 adjective
  • ܲcDz·𲹱iԲ adjective
  • ܲcDz·𲹱iԲ·ly adverb
  • ɱ-Dz·𲹱 adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of conceal1

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English conselen, concelen, from Anglo-French conceler from Latin DzԳŧ, from con- con- + ŧ “to hide” ( hull 1 )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of conceal1

C14: from Old French conceler, from Latin DzԳŧ, from com- (intensive) + ŧ to hide
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Synonym Study

See hide 1.
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Example Sentences

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As the senior Trading Standards officer at Newcastle City Council, he has learned the hiding places used to conceal illegal vapes can be sophisticated.

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He also said Brotherhood members had attempted to remove and destroy documents from their headquarters "in an effort to conceal their activities and suspicious affiliations".

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Supreme Court had invalidated as unconstitutional a New York law requiring people to show “proper cause” for why they needed to carry a concealed firearm.

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The Trump administration has claimed that "many shippers" in China "hide illicit substances and conceal the true contents of shipments sent to the US through deceptive shipping practices".

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There’s a habit of claiming that a portrait means to “capture an essence” or “reveal interiority” concealed within the subject, but I’m skeptical of such assertions.

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