secrete
verb
- generate and releases substance, release substance
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /sɪˈkɹiːt/ / /səˈkɹiːt/
adj
Etymology: Alteration of secret.
- Archaic form of secret.
“a secrete breach, a secrete bed (Spenser)”
“[…] is GOD euerlasting, is this a secrete and hidden thing manifested in the fleshe?”
verb
Etymology: Alteration of secret.
- To conceal.
“With those words the passenger opened the coach-door and got in; not at all assisted by his fellow-passengers, who had expeditiously secreted their watches and purses in their boots, and were now making a general pretence of being asleep.”
“Plaintiffs filed an affidavit for an attachment, alleging that defendant was about to assign, secrete, and dispose of his property with intent to delay and defraud his creditors, and was about to convert his property into money to place it beyond the reach of his creditors.”