secrete

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But as thou knowest women be shamefast and woulde be sued vnto in secrete, and do delight to be deceiued of men, to thend it might seeme how with deceit or force they were constrained to yeld to that which of their own minds they would willingly offer, were it not for a litle shamefastnes that doth withdrawe them.

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  1. transitive verb To generate and separate (a substance) from cells or bodily fluids: secrete digestive juices.
  2. transitive verb To conceal in a hiding place; cache. See Synonyms at hide1.
  3. transitive verb To steal secretly; filch.

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  • His men were continually stealing away thither, with whatever beaver skins they could secrete or lay their hands on. —  The Adventures of Captain Bonneville
  • 'Each minute movement of the body allows them to suck in fluid and secrete waste products.' —  Home | Mail Online
  • They form between about days 36 to 38 of pregnancy and the PMSG they secrete is first detectable in the mare's blood from about day —  Horsetalk.co.nz Headlines
  • In map explorations, it's usually set up like a maze where you need to find a secrete or solve a puzzle in order to progress. —  AnimeBlogger.net Antenna
  • While a player can also get through this part of the game by brute force trial-and-error, it is much more enjoyable (and faster) to actually pay attention to the hints to find the secrete or solve the puzzle. —  AnimeBlogger.net Antenna
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Back-formation from secretion1.
  2. Probably alteration of obsolete secret, from secret.

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  1. from French sécréter = Spanish secretar, from Latin secretus, past participle of secernere, separate: see secern, secret.
  2. from Latin secretus, past participle of secernere, separate: see secern and secret. Cf. discrete.
 

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