secrete
To make or keep secret; hide; conceal; remove from observation or the knowledge of others: as, to
In animal and vegetable physiology, to produce, prepare, or elaborate by the process of secretion—the product thus derived from the blood or sap being a substance not previously existing, the character of which depends upon the kind of organ which acts, or on the manner in which the secretory operation is carried on.
Synonyms Hide, etc. See
Separate; distinct.
nounAn obsolete form of
To deposit in a place of hiding; to hide; to conceal.
transitive verbTo separate from the blood and elaborate by the process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a secretion. See
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