secret
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (countable) A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden.Examples: ""Can you keep a secret?" "Yes." "So can I.""; "To tell our own secrets is generally folly, but that folly is without guilt; to communicate those with which we are intrusted is always treachery"; "Well, mistress, I am sorry this is a matter I cannot aid you in—it goes against my conscience, and it is an affair above my condition, and beyond my management;—but I will keep your secret."countable
2. (uncountable) Private seclusion.Examples: "The work was done in secret, so that nobody could object."uncountable
3. (archaic, in the plural) The genital organs.archaiccountablein-pluraluncountable
4. (historical) A form of steel skullcap.countablehistoricaluncountable
5. (Christianity, often in the plural) Any prayer spoken inaudibly and not aloud; especially, one of the prayers in the Tridentine Mass, immediately following the "orate, fratres", said inaudibly by the celebrant.countablein-pluraloftenuncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To make or keep secret.Examples: "… she would unfold the silk, press it with a smooth wooden block that she'd heated in the oven, and then once more secret it away."; "1986, InfoWorld, InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. Diskless workstations … make it difficult for individuals to copy information … onto a diskette and secret it away."; "To prevent the elixir from reaching mankind and thereby upsetting the balance of the universe, two gods secret it away."transitive
2. (transitive) To hide secretly.Examples: "He was so scared for his safety he secreted arms around the house."transitive
adj (English)
1. (obsolete) Withdrawn from general intercourse or notice; in retirement or secrecy; secluded.Examples: "Sing Heav'nly Muſe, that on the secret top / Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didſt inſpire / That Shepherd, who firſt taught the choſen Seed, / In the Beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth / Roſe out of Chaos: [...]"; "secret in her sapphire cell"; ""He was a secret man, Alexander—a secret, silent man," he continued."obsolete
2. (obsolete) Faithful to a secret; not inclined to divulge or betray confidence; secretive, separate, apart.Examples: "What neede we any ſpurre, but our owne cauſe / To pricke vs to redreſſe? What other Bond / Than ſecret Romans, that haue ſpoke the Word, / And will not palter?"obsolete
3. (obsolete) Separate; distinct.Examples: "They suppose two other divine hypostases superior thereunto, which were perfectly secret from matter."obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary