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  1. adjective Kept hidden from knowledge or view; concealed.
  2. adjective Dependably discreet.
  3. adjective Operating in a hidden or confidential manner: a secret agent.
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sēcrētus, from past participle of sēcernere, to set aside : sē-, apart; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots + cernere, to separate; see krei- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English secret, secrete, sekret, usually secre, secree, from Old French secret, secre, French secret = Provencal secret = Spanish secreto = Portuguese secreto, segredo = Italian secreto, segreto, secret; as a noun, from Old French secret, secre, etc., masculine, a secret, secrete, secrette, segrette, a secret place, a cap of fence, etc.; from Latin secretus, separated, removed, solitary, lonely, hidden, concealed, secret; in neuter as a noun, secretum, retirement, solitude, secrecy, also a thing hidden, a mystery, secret, secret conversation; past participle of secernere, separate, set apart, from se-, apart, + cernere, separate: see secern. Cf. secre, secree, and secrete, v.
 

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