conceal

verbattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//kənˈsiːl//
United States//kənˈsil//

To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.

verb

1
To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.
He tried to conceal the truth about his health.
Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.
Utah has allowed for permitless open and concealed carry of weapons since 2021. But before the passage of HB 128, firearms had to be concealed when carried on college campuses.

Etymology

From Middle English concelen, from Old French conceler (“hide, disguise”), from Latin concēlō, concēlāre (“carefully disguise”).

Forms

past tense: concealed
past participle: concealed
present participle: concealing
third person singular: conceals

con · A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with…Con · A male given name, a diminutive form of Conor, Conrad or…Conan · A male given name from Irish.

conceal · To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.

concealed · Hidden concede · To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant conceited · Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities,…

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