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    Secrete (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secreted; p. pr. & vb. n. Secreting.] [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”.

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    2. (Physiol.) To separate from the blood and elaborate by the process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a secretion. See Secretion.

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    Why one set of cells should secrete bile, another urea, and so on, we do not know. Carpenter.

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    Syn. -- To conceal; hide. See Conceal.

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