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Secrete   /sɪkrˈit/   Listen
Secrete

verb
(past & past part. secreted; pres. part. secreting)
1.
Generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids.  Synonym: release.  "Release a hormone into the blood stream"
2.
Place out of sight; keep secret.






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"Secrete" Quotes from Famous Books



... here within a mystery. There is something I have not gotten on to yet. Why should this man secrete the girl Amalie Speir? Every move of this Richards family means something. Why should they become so deeply interested in this penniless girl? It is not within the bounds of possibility that they could have in any way discovered that she is an—" Here the detective stopped short ...
— A Successful Shadow - A Detective's Successful Quest • Harlan Page Halsey

... that the ovaries secrete specialized substances which aid in determining menstruation; and that in a less degree the utricular glands and the glands of the Fallopian tubes share in this action. He considers that this is probably secondary to the chain of peripheral irritation ...
— The Four Epochs of Woman's Life • Anna M. Galbraith

... And ouer this wonder secrete and true A wel of fredome and right bounteous And euer encrecyng in vertu new & newe Of speche goodly, and wonder gracyous Deuoyd of pryde, to poure not despytous And yf that I shortly shal not feyne Saue vpon mercy ...
— The Temple of Glass • John Lydgate

... durer bien longtemps. Elle redevint peu a peu silencieuse, et ses profonds soupirs ne prouverent que trop que l'oubli du triste passe n'etait qu'a la surface; ses manieres taciturnes et les manifestations d'une secrete inquietude commencaient meme a troubler mes parents, et mon pere essaya par beaucoup de bonte a la persuader d'accepter les epreuves de sa vie comme venant de Dieu. Elle pleura beaucoup et s'efforca de se gagner un peu de ...
— Welsh Fairy-Tales And Other Stories • Edited by P. H. Emerson

... ordered his men to save themselves. He himself threw off his coat and shoes and sprang into the water. Several of his men were captured and some were drowned, but I have not been able to ascertain his exact loss. Lieut. Cushing, taking to the swamp, managed to secrete himself from the enemy's pickets, and brought up alongside of the steamer Valley City at about 11 o'clock the next night, in a small skiff which he discovered and ...
— Reminiscences of Two Years in the United States Navy • John M. Batten


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