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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONCEAL, v.t. [L. To withhold from sight,; G.,To conceal, and to heal; the primary sense is to strain, hold, stop, restrain, make fast or strong, all from the same root as the Shemitic.]
1. To keep close or secret; to forbear to disclose; to withhold from utterance or declaration; as, to conceal ones thoughts or opinions.
I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. Job 6.
2. To hide; to withdraw from observation; to cover or keep from sight.
What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood? Genesis 37.
A party of men concealed themselves behind a wall. A mask conceals the face.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money" [syn: hide, conceal] [ant: show]
2: hold back; keep from being perceived by others; "She conceals her anger well" [syn: conceal, hold back, hold in]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Etymology: Middle English concelen, from Anglo-French conceler, from Latin concelare, from com- + celare to hide — more at hell Date: 14th century 1. to prevent disclosure or recognition of <conceal the truth> 2. to place out of sight <concealed himself behind the door> Synonyms: see hide • concealable adjective • concealingly adverb • concealment noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 (often foll. by from) keep secret (concealed her motive from him). 2 not allow to be seen; hide (concealed the letter in her pocket). Derivatives: concealer n. concealment n. Etymology: ME f. OF conceler f. L concelare (as com-, celare hide)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Conceal Con*ceal", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concealed; p. pr. & vb. n. Concealing.] [OF. conceler, L. concelare; con- + celareto hide; akin to AS. helan, G. hehlen, E. hele (to cover), helmet. See Hell, Helmet.] To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of. It is the glory of God to conceal a thing. --Prov. xxv. 2. Declare ye among the nations, . . . publish and conceal not. --Jer. l. 2. He which finds him shall deserve our thanks, . . . He that conceals him, death. --Shak. Syn: To hide; secrete; screen; cover; disguise; dissemble; mask; veil; cloak; screen. Usage: To Conceal, Hide, Disguise, Dissemble, Secrete. To hide is the generic term, which embraces all the rest. To conceal is simply not make known what we wish to keep secret. In the Bible hide often has the specific meaning of conceal. See --1 Sam. iii. 17, 18. To disguise or dissemble is to conceal by assuming some false appearance. To secrete is to hide in some place of secrecy. A man may conceal facts, disguise his sentiments, dissemble his feelings, secrete stolen goods. Bur double griefs afflict concealing hearts. --Spenser. Both dissemble deeply their affections. --Shak. We have in these words a primary sense, which reveals a future state, and a secondary sense, which hides and secretes it. --Warburton.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(conceals, concealing, concealed) 1. If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully. Frances decided to conceal the machine behind a hinged panel... Five people were arrested for carrying concealed weapons. VERB: V n, V-ed 2. If you conceal a piece of information or a feeling, you do not let other people know about it. Robert could not conceal his relief... She knew at once that he was concealing something from her. ? reveal VERB: V n, V n from n 3. If something conceals something else, it covers it and prevents it from being seen. ...a pair of carved Indian doors which conceal a built-in cupboard... VERB: V n

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kon-sel' (parakalupto): Found but once in the New Testament (Lu 9:45). The primary meaning is to cover by hanging something in front of the object hidden. The purpose of the one concealing is made prominent. There is, therefore, a reserve and studied progress in regard to the statement of facts, that is not always a suppression of truth (Pr 12:16,23). God withholds more than He reveals (Pr 25:2; compare Ps 97:2; 1Ti 6:16).

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Hide, secrete, cover, screen, bury, cover up. 2. Disguise, dissemble, keep secret.

Moby Thesaurus

becloud, befog, blanket, blind, bosom, bury, cache, camouflage, classify, cloak, cloud, cover, cover up, curtain, disguise, dissemble, distract attention from, ditch, eclipse, ensconce, enshroud, envelop, file and forget, gloss over, hide, hold out on, in petto, keep, keep back, keep between us, keep buttoned up, keep close, keep dark, keep from, keep hidden, keep in ignorance, keep mum, keep secret, keep snug, keep under cover, keep under wraps, make no sign, mask, never let on, not give away, not tell, obfuscate, obscure, occult, play dumb, screen, secrete, shade, shroud, slur over, stash, varnish, veil, whitewash, withhold