SECRETED

Etymology 1

Verb

secreted

(US) simple past tense and past participle of secret

Etymology 2

Verb

secreted

simple past tense and past participle of secrete

Anagrams

• decreest, decreets, resected

Source: Wiktionary


SECRETE

Se*crete", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secreted; p. pr. & vb. n. Secreting.] Etym: [L. secretus separated, secret, hidden, p. p. of secernere. See Secret, and cf. Discrete, Discreet.]

1. To deposit in a place of hiding; to hide; to conceal; as, to secrete stolen goods; to secrete one's self.

2. (Physiol.)

Definition: To separate from the blood and elaborate by the process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a secretion. See Secretion. Why one set of cells should secrete bile, another urea, and so on, we do not known. Carpenter.

Syn.

– To conceal; hide. See Conceal.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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