Conceal /(kŏn*sēl")/

Con·ceal

Conceal

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Concealed; p. pr. & vb. n. Concealing

  1. 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.
    Bur double griefs afflict concealing hearts.
    Both dissemble deeply their affections.
    We have in these words a primary sense, which reveals a future state, and a secondary sense, which hides and secretes it.
    — Warburton.