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- verb transitive, obsolete To
conceal ;hide .
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From Middle English forhelen, from Old English forhelan ("to cover up, conceal"), from Proto-Germanic *furhelanan, *farhelanan (“to conceal, hide”), equivalent to for- + hele. Cognate with Dutch verhelen ("to conceal"), German verhehlen ("to hide, conceal").
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