conceal

[kuh n-seel] /kənˈsil/

verb (used with object)

to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight:

He concealed the gun under his coat.

to keep secret; to prevent or avoid disclosing or divulging:

to conceal one's identity by using a false name.

Origin

1275-1325; Middle English conselen, concelen < Anglo-French conceler < Latin concēlāre, equivalent to con- con- + cēlāre to hide (akin to hull¹, Greek koleón scabbard (see Coleoptera); cf. occult)

Related forms

concealable, adjective

concealability, noun

concealedly, adverb

concealedness, noun

concealer, noun

half-concealed, adjective

half-concealing, adjective

preconceal, verb (used with object)

reconceal, verb (used with object)

semiconcealed, adjective

subconcealed, adjective

unconcealed, adjective

unconcealing, adjective

unconcealingly, adverb

well-concealed, adjective

Synonyms

1. See hide¹ .

Examples from the web for conceal

In response to the furor, artists began to avoid forbidden images or conceal them under dotting, stippling and cross-hatches.
The question was how to conceal a device sufficiently powerful to do the job within a piece of solid stonework.
On top, place a container without a drain hole, and conceal it with more pebbles.
They're often too tiny or too fast-moving to be easily seen, and they tend to conceal themselves well.
Drawers on casters conceal seldom-used items under the bed.
Whole strawberries, glazed with a cooked strawberry sauce, conceal this pie's layer of fresh peaches on sweetened cream cheese.
In the living room, they created a built-in display case to showcase art and conceal stereo equipment.
Anonymity is guaranteed, and details are scrambled to conceal the stellar teachers as well as the emerging ones.
However not all sceptics are honest, many of them have agendas of their own, often they want to conceal the truth.
My gut feeling is that the main purpose of using dispersants was to conceal the magnitude of the leak from the public.

British Dictionary definitions for conceal

conceal

/kənˈsiːl/

verb (transitive)

to keep from discovery; hide

to keep secret

Derived Forms

concealable, adjective
concealer, noun
concealment, noun

Word Origin

C14: from Old French conceler, from Latin concēlāre, from com- (intensive) + cēlāre to hide

Word Origin and History for conceal

early 14c., concelen, from Old French conceler "to hide, conceal, dissimulate," from Latin concelare "to hide," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + celare "to hide," from PIE root *kel- "to hide" (see cell). Replaced Old English deagan. Related: Concealed; concealing.