ceal- +

(Latin: to hide; hidden)


conceal, conceals
1. To put or to keep something or someone out of sight, or to prevent the person or thing from being found. "The evidence was carefully concealed by the prosecutor."
2. To keep something secret, or to prevent it from being known.
3. To hide; to withdraw, or to remove from observation; to cover or to keep from sight.
4. To prevent or to avoid disclosing or divulging something.
concealable
1. That which may be concealed, hidden, or kept close.
2. Capable of being hidden, withdrawn, or removeed from observation.
3. Able to cover or to keep from sight.
4. The ability to keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered.
concealed
That which was kept from being seen, found, observed, or discovered.
concealer
1. Someone who ne who hides; such as, the concealer of a crime.
2. Flesh-colored makeup that can be applied to the skin to hide blemishes.
3. Anything that holds back and kept from being perceived by others.
4. Anyone or anything that prevents something from being seen or discovered.
concealing
1. The action of keeping something secret.
2. Covering or hiding someone or something.
concealment
1. The action of keeping something secret.
2. A covering that serves to conceal or to shelter something.
3. A condition of being concealed or hidden.
4. Keeping out of sight and from being seen, found, observed, or discovered.
inconcealable
1. Not concealable.
2. That which is not hidden or is not kept secret.
unconcealed
1. Not concealed or hidden.
2. Visible, out in the open, or obvious.

A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "secret, hidden, confidential, concealed": clandesti-; crypto-; myster-; occult-; orgy; stego-, stegano-.


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