1 entry 1 source
Secrete
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To deposit in a place of hiding; to hide; to conceal; as, to secrete stolen goods; to secrete one's self.
2. 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.
Synonyms: conceal; hide. See Conceal.