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   Hidden (?), p. p. & a. from Hide. Concealed; put out of view; secret; not known; mysterious.
   
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   Hidden fifths or Hidden octaves (Mus.), consecutive fifths or octaves, not sounded, but suggested or implied in the parallel motion of two parts towards a fifth or an octave.
   
   Syn. -- Hidden, Secret, Covert.  Hidden may denote either known to on one; as, a hidden disease; or intentionally concealed; as, a hidden purpose of revenge. Secret denotes that the thing is known only to the party or parties concerned; as, a secret conspiracy. Covert literally denotes what is not open or avowed; as, a covert plan; but is often applied to what we mean shall be understood, without openly expressing it; as, a covert allusion. Secret is opposed to known, and hidden to revealed.
   
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   Bring to light the hidden things of darkness. 1 Cor. iv. 5.
   
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   My heart, which by a secret harmony
   
   Still moves with thine, joined in connection sweet. Milton.
   
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   By what best way,
   
   Whether of open war, or covert guile,
   
   We now debate. Milton.
   
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   Hide (hīd), v. t. [imp. Hid (hĭd); p. p. Hidden (hĭdˈd'n), Hid; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiding (hīdˈĭng).] [OE. hiden, huden, AS. hȳdan; akin to Gr. κεύθειν, and prob. to E. house, hut, and perh. to E. hide of an animal, and to hoard.  Cf. Hoard.]
   1. To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.
   
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   A city that is set on an hill can not be hid. Matt. v. 15.
   
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   If circumstances lead me, I will find
   
   Where truth is hid. Shak.
   
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   2. To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.
   
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   Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate. Pope.
   
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   3. To remove from danger; to shelter.
   
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   In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion. Ps. xxvi. 5.
   
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   To hide one's self, to put one's self in a condition to be safe; to secure protection. “A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself.” Prov. xxii. 3. -- To hide the face, to withdraw favor. “Thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.” Ps. xxx. 7. -- To hide the face from. (a) To overlook; to pardon. “Hide thy face from my sins.” Ps. li. 9. (b) To withdraw favor from; to be displeased with.
   
   Syn. -- To conceal; secrete; disguise; dissemble; screen; cloak; mask; veil. See Conceal.
   
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