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▪ I. conceal, v.|kənˈsiːl|
Forms: 4–7 concele, (4 Sc. -ceil, 5 -sele, -seale, -sile), 6–7 conceale, 6– conceal.
[a. OF. concele-r:—L. concēlā-re, f. con- together, completely + cēlāre to hide.]
1. trans. To keep from the knowledge or observation of others, refrain from disclosing or divulging, keep close or secret.
In earliest use referring to the duty of a vassal to conceal his lord's counsel or secrets, and not to conceal matters to his lord's injury.
[1292Britton i. iii. §4 Et puis jure le viscounte, qe il..les priveteez et les counseils de lour heyre ben concelera. Ibid. i. xxii. §2 Rien conceler qe a profit de nous dust estre.] 1375Barbour Bruce iv. 577 [He] couth Secretis rycht weill conceil. 1491Act 7 Hen. VII, c. 22 Pream., The seid John..caste the seid writing in the fire and conseled all the matier. 1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, v. iii. 115 If sir, you come with news from the Court..there is but two wayes, either to vtter them, or to conceale them. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 751 Thy praise hee..Conceales not from us. 1767Junius Lett. xxxv. 163 Has your favourite concealed from you that part of our history? 1828Scott F.M. Perth xxvi, Concealing from him all knowledge who or what he was. 1883Lloyd Ebb & Flow II. 175 The latter would not conceal her pleasure at the bequest.
†b. To keep secret the identity of, to disguise; to dissemble. Obs.
1598–9E. Forde Parismus i. (1661) 10 Ladies..whom the Queene had entertained not knowing what they were, because they concealed themselues. a1674Clarendon Surv. Leviath. (1676) 305 To dissemble or concele that Fidelity and Allegiance they ow'd. 1718Freethinker No. 13. 84 Calista is the Name under which I shall conceal the Lady.
†c. ? intr. (for refl.) To hide. Obs. rare.
a1400Chester Pl. i. (1843) 148 Lorde God..That dyed for mankindes heale, Thou come to us and not conseale But be our counsceler.
2. trans. To put, remove, or keep out of sight or notice; to hide. (Predicated of a person; also of a thing that obstructs the view.)
1595[see concealed]. 1603Shakes. Meas. for M. iii. i. 53 Bring me to heare them speak, where I may be conceal'd. 1671Villiers (Dk. Buckhm.) Rehearsal iii. ii. (Arb.) 83 The Army, that lies conceal'd for him in Knights-bridge. 1700Dryden Sigism. & Guisc. 612 A goblet rich with gems..the hollow part Enclosed, the lid concealed the lover's heart. 1771Smollett Humph. Cl. (1811) VI. 347 He could not see us, for there was a blind that concealed us from the view. 1875Jevons Money (1878) 159 Small holes can be..concealed by hammering. 1883Froude Short Stud. IV. i. x. 124 [He] could have concealed himself in any one of a hundred hiding-places.
absol.1860Emerson Cond. Life, Wealth Wks. (Bohn) II. 349 They who hoard and conceal.
b. transf. To hide from other senses.
1856Emerson Eng. Traits, Charac. Wks. (Bohn) II. 63 As the musician plays the air which he proceeds to conceal in a tempest of variations. 1884Stevenson New Arab. Nts. 211 The noises of the storm effectually concealed all others.
Hence conˈcealing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Recellement, a concealing. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. ii. 34 Double griefs afflict concealing harts. 1656Artif. Handsomeness 163 Ingenuous concealings, or amendings of what is..amisse. 1870Proctor Other Worlds iv. 98 If we held the concealing medium to be of a cloudy nature.
▪ II. conceal(e
var. of concile v. Obs. to reconcile. |