conceal

[kuh n-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 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 for conceal

1. See hide¹.

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Contemporary Examples of concealer

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Historical Examples of concealer

Calypso is the concealer, she who conceals spirit in the jungle of nature.
Homer's Odyssey
Denton J. Snider
Her name means the concealer, concealed herself in that lone sea-closed island, and concealing others.
Homer's Odyssey
Denton J. Snider
Not, as vulgarly thought, the concealer of Ulysses, but the great concealer—the hidden power of natural things.
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John Ruskin
Directly he marched off it would be his terrible foe, the host and concealer of a thousand ambushes.
Cupid in Africa
P. C. Wren

British Dictionary definitions for concealer

conceal

verb (tr)

to keep from discovery; hide

to keep secret

Derived Formsconcealable, adjectiveconcealer, nounconcealment, noun

Word Origin for conceal

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

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Word Origin and History for concealer

conceal

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.