conceal

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/kənˈsiːl/
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/kənˈsiːl/ · /kənˈsil/

Definition of conceal

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.
    “He tried to conceal the truth about his health.”
    “Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.”
    “Utah has allowed for permitless open and concealed carry of weapons since 2021. But before the passage of HB 128, firearms had to be concealed when carried on college campuses.”

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Etymology

From Middle English concelen, from Old French conceler (“hide, disguise”), from Latin concēlō, concēlāre (“carefully disguise”).

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