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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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Secret

Secret (secret)
a.(?)
Se"cret
[F. secret (cf. Sp. *** Pg. secreto, It. secreto, segreto
  1. Hidden] concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a secret vow.
    Shak.

    The secret things belong unto the Lord our God; but those things which are revealed belong unto us. Deut. xxix. 29.

  2. Withdrawn from general intercourse or notice; in retirement or secrecy; secluded.

    There, secret in her sapphire cell,
    He with the Naïs wont to dwell.     Fenton.

  3. Faithful to a secret; not inclined to divulge or betray confidence; secretive.
    [R.]

    Secret Romans, that have spoke the word,
    And will not palter.     Shak.

  4. Separate; distinct.
    [Obs.]

    They suppose two other divine hypostases superior thereunto, which were perfectly secret from matter. Cudworth.

    Syn. -- Hidden; concealed; secluded; retired; unseen; unknown; private; obscure; recondite; latent; covert; clandestine; privy. See Hidden.

Secret

Secret (secret)
n.
Se"cret
from L. secretum. See Secret, a.]
  1. Something studiously concealed] a thing kept from general knowledge; what is not revealed, or not to be revealed.

    To tell our own secrets is often folly; to communicate those of others is treachery. Rambler.

  2. A thing not discovered; what is unknown or unexplained; a mystery.

    All secrets of the deep, all nature's works. Milton.

  3. The parts which modesty and propriety require to be concealed; the genital organs.

    In secret, in a private place; in privacy or secrecy; in a state or place not seen; privately.

    Bread eaten in secret is pleasant. Prov. ix. 17.

Secret

Secret (secret)
v. t.(?)
Se"cret
  1. To keep secret.
    [Obs.] Bacon.












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