concealed

concealed
    adj 1: not accessible to view; "concealed (or hidden) damage";
           "in stormy weather the stars are out of sight" [syn:
           {concealed}, {hidden}, {out of sight}]
    2: hidden on any grounds for any motive; "a concealed weapon";
       "a concealed compartment in his briefcase" [ant:
       {unconcealed}]
    

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.
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         It is the glory of God to conceal a thing. --Prov. xxv.
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         Declare ye among the nations, . . . publish and conceal
         not.                                     --Jer. l. 2.
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         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.
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                Bur double griefs afflict concealing hearts.
                                                  --Spenser.
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                Both dissemble deeply their affections. --Shak.
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                We have in these words a primary sense, which
                reveals a future state, and a secondary sense,
                which hides and secretes it.      --Warburton.
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Concealed \Con*cealed"\, a.
   Hidden; kept from sight; secreted. -- {Con*ceal"ed*ly}, adv.
   -- {Con*ceal"ed*ness}, n.
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   {Concealed weapons} (Law), dangerous weapons so carried on
      the person as to be knowingly or willfully concealed from
      sight, -- a practice forbidden by statute.
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94 Moby Thesaurus words for "concealed":
      abstruse, arcane, beclouded, behind the curtain, behind the scenes,
      blind, buried, cabalistic, camouflaged, censored, classified,
      close, closed, clouded, covered, covert, cryptic, dark, disguised,
      eclipsed, enigmatic, esoteric, guarded, hermetic, hid, hidden,
      hush-hush, imperceptible, in a cloud, in a fog, in eclipse,
      in purdah, in the wings, incommunicado, indiscernible, insensible,
      invisible, latent, mysterious, obfuscated, obscure, obscured,
      occult, out of sight, privy, recondite, restricted, secluded,
      secluse, secret, sequestered, shrouded, sightless, smothered,
      stifled, submerged, suppressed, top secret, ulterior, unapparent,
      unbeheld, unbeholdable, unbreatheable, under an eclipse,
      under cover, under house arrest, under security, under wraps,
      underground, undiscernible, undisclosable, undisclosed,
      undivulgable, undivulged, unknown, unnoticed, unobserved,
      unperceivable, unperceived, unrealized, unrevealable, unrevealed,
      unseeable, unseen, unspoken, untellable, untold, unutterable,
      unuttered, unviewed, unwhisperable, unwitnessed, viewless,
      wrapped in clouds