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Concealed

Concealed \Con*cealed"\, a. Hidden; kept from sight; secreted. -- Con*ceal"ed*ly, adv. -- Con*ceal"ed*ness, n.

Concealed weapons (Law), dangerous weapons so carried on the person as to be knowingly or willfully concealed from sight, -- a practice forbidden by statute.

Concealed

Conceal \Con*ceal"\ (k[o^]n*s[=e]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concealed (k[o^]n*s[=e]ld"); 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.

Wiktionary
concealed

vb. (en-past of: conceal)

WordNet
concealed
  1. adj. not accessible to view; "concealed (or hidden) damage"; "in stormy weather the stars are out of sight" [syn: hidden, out of sight]

  2. concealed or hidden on any grounds for any motive; "a concealed weapon"; "a concealed compartment in his briefcase" [ant: unconcealed]

Wikipedia
Concealed (album)

Concealed is the full-length debut album by the Canadian progressive death metal band Augury. It was released on September 14, 2004 through Galy Records.

Usage examples of "concealed".

Of course, the insecure aspects of many abusers are well concealed within the arrogance.

Arguments that may now be adduced to prove that the first eight Amendments were concealed within the historic phrasing of the Fourteenth Amendment were not unknown at the time of its adoption.

Halting for refreshment and rest wherever suitable places could be found, and the Adelantado always with the vanguard, in four days they reached the vicinity of the fort, and came up within a quarter of a league of it, concealed by a grove of pine trees.

It is hard to doubt that alchemical teachings concealed magical sexual secrets that were closely allied to tantric knowledge.

A huge ammonite rose, its body concealed within a curled shell with all the shimmering colors of a fire opal.

Halfway through the third Act, Belinda pretended to woo Lackwit, and to allow him to woo her, her true lover, Giovanni Amoroso, being concealed behind a hedge to enjoy the fun.

Light bulbs concealed beneath the brick rim illuminated the arching water, which swirled up from the crystal pool like an aqueous ballerina.

Lucksparrow had that it was fortunate another member of the profession should be at hand, and by the success with which the Archdeacon, dizzy and yet equable, concealed his own feelings when his visitor, chatting of Prayer Book Revision, parish councils, and Tithe Acts, imported to them a high eternal flavour which savoured of Deity Itself.

The difference between us was that, being accustomed to see things such as they are, I was astonished at seeing them often covered with a mask which changed their nature, while their surprise often arose from their suspecting what the mask concealed.

Nobel pricked up his ears and bade Reynard relate how this hoard was obtained and where it was concealed.

She began at once, and preserved a just mean in what she let us see and what she concealed, and thus set me in flames, though I was already captivated by her face, her wit, and her charming manners.

My vanity made me conclude at once that she behaved thus only to increase my desire of knowing her, and to give me plenty of time to examine her side-face and her figure, the proportions of which were not concealed by her simple attire.

Land Gate of Dum Besar around mid-afternoon Tired, covered with dust, nothing about her to attract attention, even the fact that she was female concealed by the clothes she wore, she eased past the heat-dazed guards without being noticed.

His long raven hair was tied back with a beaded red headband, his muscular thighs concealed by the fringed leather leggings, his biceps accented by the twin silver bracelets with the twinkling turquoise stones.

He neither boasted of nor concealed his knowledge, but let it run like a limpid stream flowing through the meadows.