Definition of Secret

Se´cret
a.1.Hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a secret vow.
2.Withdrawn from general intercourse or notice; in retirement or secrecy; secluded.
There, secret in her sapphire cell,
He with the Naïs wont to dwell.
- Fenton.
3.Faithful to a secret; not inclined to divulge or betray confidence; secretive.
4.Separate; distinct.
n.1.Something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general knowledge; what is not revealed, or not to be revealed.
2.A thing not discovered; what is unknown or unexplained; a mystery.
3.The parts which modesty and propriety require to be concealed; the genital organs.
In secret
in a private place; in privacy or secrecy; in a state or place not seen; privately.
Bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
- Prov. ix. 17.
v. t.1.To keep secret.


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