secrete

Etymology 1
First attested in 1678: from.

Adjective

 * 1)  Separated.
 * 2) * 1678: Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe, book 1, chapter 4, pages 307 and 582:
 * they ſuppoſing Two other Divine Hypoſtaſes Superiour thereunto, which were perfectly Secrete from Matter.
 * This ſo containeth all things, as not being yet ſecrete and diſtinct; whereas in the Second they are diſcerned and diſtinguiſhed by Reaſon; that is, they are Actually diſtinguiſhed in their Ideas; whereas the Firſt is the Simple and Fecund Power of all things.
 * This ſo containeth all things, as not being yet ſecrete and diſtinct; whereas in the Second they are diſcerned and diſtinguiſhed by Reaſon; that is, they are Actually diſtinguiſhed in their Ideas; whereas the Firſt is the Simple and Fecund Power of all things.

Etymology 2
First directly attested in 1728; attested as the past-participial adjective in 1707: from, perfect passive participle of ; reinforced by back-formation from ; compare ; cognate with 🇨🇬 and the 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To extract a substance from blood, sap, or similar to produce and emit waste for excretion or for the fulfilling of a physiological function.
 * 2)  To exude or yield.
 * 3) * 1863: Charles Kingsley (author), Frances Elizabeth Kingsley (editor), Charles Kingsley, his Letters and Memories of his Life (first published posthumously in 1877), page 156 (8th edition: 1880)
 * If you won’t believe my great new doctrine (which, by the bye, is as old as the Greeks), that souls secrete their bodies, as snails do shells, you will remain in outer darkness.
 * 1)  To exude or yield.
 * 2) * 1863: Charles Kingsley (author), Frances Elizabeth Kingsley (editor), Charles Kingsley, his Letters and Memories of his Life (first published posthumously in 1877), page 156 (8th edition: 1880)
 * If you won’t believe my great new doctrine (which, by the bye, is as old as the Greeks), that souls secrete their bodies, as snails do shells, you will remain in outer darkness.

Translations

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 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Icelandic: seyta
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Limburgish: aafsjèjje
 * Macedonian: лачи, излачува
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: avsondre
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: secretar
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu:
 * Vietnamese:

Etymology 3
Alteration of secret.

Verb

 * 1)  To conceal.

Usage notes

 * The present participle and past forms and  are heteronymous with the corresponding forms of the similar verb, and this can create ambiguity when the word is encountered in print.

Translations

 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Italian: secretare
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Maori: whakapeke, whakangaro


 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,


 * Dutch: (1),  (1),  (1),  (2),  (2),  (2),  (2)
 * Spanish:
 * Volapük:

Adjective

 * a secrete breach, a secrete bed (Spenser)
 * a secrete breach, a secrete bed (Spenser)

Etymology 1
From the perfect passive participle.

Adverb

 * 1) secretly, in secret, privately

Etymology 2
Inflection of perfect passive participle of.