conceal

[ kuh n-seel ]

/ kənˈsil /

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.

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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)

SYNONYMS FOR conceal

1 See hide¹.

OTHER WORDS FROM conceal

con·ceal·a·ble, adjectivecon·ceal·a·bil·i·ty, nouncon·ceal·ed·ly, adverbcon·ceal·ed·ness, noun

con·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

Words nearby conceal

concavity, concavo-concave, concavo-concave lens, concavo-convex, concavo-convex lens, conceal, concealed carry, concealed hemorrhage, concealed-carry, concealment, concede

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Example sentences from the Web for half-concealed

"To see my own mansion," answered the man, with half-concealed excitement.
The Unknown Quantity|Henry van Dyke
Other poems are of a more threatening nature, although the threat is always poetic and half-concealed.
Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 4. Naturalism in England|Georg Brandes
Every step between the trees is perilous, among the uneven crowded masses of rocks and half-concealed clefts.
Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts|Rosalind Northcote
Or again, an antique well-head, half-concealed by tools and lumber, kept its legend in faithful bronze or marble.
A Venetian June|Anna Fuller

Of most instruments he spoke with a half-concealed contempt.
The Grey Lady|Henry Seton Merriman

British Dictionary definitions for half-concealed (1 of 2)

half-concealed

adjective

partially hiddenlittle half-concealed paths

British Dictionary definitions for half-concealed (2 of 2)

conceal

/ (kənˈsiːl) /

verb (tr)

to keep from discovery; hide

to keep secret

Derived forms of conceal

concealable, 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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