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Middle English, from Anglo-French secré, secret, from Latin secretus, from past participle of secernere to separate, distinguish, from se- apart + cernere to sift — more at secede, certain
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“Ut flos in septis secretus nascitur hortis,” etc., while his wife could hardly persuade herself that all this was spoken of Effie Deans, and by so competent a judge as the Duke of
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[5806] Ut flos in septis secretus nascitur hortis,
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_Silet per diem universus, nec sine horrore secretus est; lucet nocturnis ignibus, chorus Ægipanum undique personatur: audiuntur et cantus tibiarum, et tinnitus cymbalorum per oram maritimam.
The House of Souls Arthur Machen 1905
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Silet per diem universus, nec sine horrore secretus est; lucet nocturnis ignibus, chorus Aegipanum undique personatur: audiuntur et cantus tibiarum, et tinnitus cymbalorum per oram maritimam.
The Great God Pan Arthur Machen 1905
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` ` Ut flos in septis secretus nascitur hortis, '' etc.,
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"Ut flos in septis secretus nascitur hortis," etc., while his wife could hardly persuade herself that all this was spoken of
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801
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_Museum_, 1. est locus ubi Studiosus, 2. secretus ab Hominibus, sedet solus deditus _Studiis_, whilst he readeth _Books_, 3. which being within his reach he layeth open upon a _Desk_, 4. dum lectitat _Libros_, 3. quos penes se
The Orbis Pictus Johann Amos Comenius 1631
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Arnaldi de Villa Nova thesaurus secretus operationum.
The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts John Dee 1567
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