conceal

[kuh n-seel]

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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 of conceal

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 formscon·ceal·a·ble, adjectivecon·ceal·a·bil·i·ty, nouncon·ceal·ed·ly, adverbcon·ceal·ed·ness, nouncon·ceal·er, nounhalf-con·cealed, adjectivehalf-con·ceal·ing, adjectivepre·con·ceal, verb (used with object)re·con·ceal, verb (used with object)sem·i·con·cealed, adjectivesub·con·cealed, adjectiveun·con·cealed, adjectiveun·con·ceal·ing, adjectiveun·con·ceal·ing·ly, adverbwell-con·cealed, adjective

Synonyms

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1. See hide¹.

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Examples from the Web for concealed

Contemporary Examples

Kim Novak's heavy legs were concealed and all logic left on the cutting room floor.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days
David Freeman
December 13, 2014
The training hours should jump to 80 hours for a concealed carry permit.
A Navy Vet’s Case for Gun Control
Shawn VanDiver
November 23, 2014
He also fell in love with an Iroquois girl and concealed her within his home, under the care of one of his slaves.
New York’s Scariest Night Out: The Ghosts, Rats, and Lunatics of ‘Nightmare New York’
Justin Jones
October 4, 2014
Smiley, by contrast, knew exactly what mistakes he was making as he committed and concealed them.
The Million-Dollar Map Thief
Nick Romeo
July 30, 2014
Typically most women carry their concealed firearms in their purses, the main target of thieves.
A Gun Owner Speaks: My Case for Open Carry
CJ Grisham
June 12, 2014

Historical Examples

Friends had concealed her, and all had been on the watch for Moses.
Harriet, The Moses of Her People
Sarah H. Bradford
These concealed meetings, once begun, became an absorbing excitement.
Malbone
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
The truth could not be concealed, nor the contemplation of it avoided.
Fragments from The Journal of a Solitary Man
Nathaniel Hawthorne
So we concealed ourselves on a little bluff to the right and waited.
A Woman Tenderfoot
Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
She would have concealed from him her illness and her poverty.
Night and Morning, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton

British Dictionary definitions for concealed

conceal

verb (tr)

to keep from discovery; hide
to keep secret

Derived Formsconcealable, adjectiveconcealer, nounconcealment, noun

Word Origin

C14: from Old French conceler, from Latin concēlāre, from com- (intensive) + cēlāre to hide

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Word Origin and History for concealed

conceal

v.

early 14c., concelen, from Old French conceler "to hide, conceal, dissimulate," from Latin concelare "to hide," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + celare "to hide," from PIE root *kel- "to hide" (see cell). Replaced Old English deagan. Related: Concealed; concealing.

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Synonyms

Examples from the Web for concealed

Contemporary Examples

Kim Novak's heavy legs were concealed and all logic left on the cutting room floor.

The training hours should jump to 80 hours for a concealed carry permit.

He also fell in love with an Iroquois girl and concealed her within his home, under the care of one of his slaves.

Smiley, by contrast, knew exactly what mistakes he was making as he committed and concealed them.

Typically most women carry their concealed firearms in their purses, the main target of thieves.

Historical Examples

Friends had concealed her, and all had been on the watch for Moses.

These concealed meetings, once begun, became an absorbing excitement.

The truth could not be concealed, nor the contemplation of it avoided.

So we concealed ourselves on a little bluff to the right and waited.

She would have concealed from him her illness and her poverty.

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Word Origin

Word Origin and History for concealed

conceal

v.

Origin of conceal