† retruseadj.
Obsolete.
Concealed, hidden; recondite.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [adjective] > hidden
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1623 G. Fletcher Reward of Faithfull i. iii. 69 This is a retruse, and hidden, but in truth a very diuine motion of the gracious and formal vnion, whereby God pleases to impart his Diuinity to his Creature.
1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells ii. Comm. 80 To thinke it, Heauen forbid; Since from our Frailties 'tis Retruse and hid.
1662 H. More Coll. Philos. Writings (ed. 2) Pref. Gen. p. vii I have a sense of something in me..which I must confess is of so retruse a nature, that I want a name for it.
1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 369 These Maxims lie retruse in the most Inmost Recesses of our Judging or Intellective Power.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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