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English Dictionary: hidden	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hidden adj not accessible to view; "concealed (or hidden) damage"; "in stormy weather the stars are out of sight" Synonym(s): concealed, hidden, out of sight designed to elude detection; "a hidden room or place of concealment such as a priest hole"; "a secret passage"; "the secret compartment in the desk" Synonym(s): hidden, secret difficult to find; "hidden valleys"; "a hidden cave"; "an obscure retreat" Synonym(s): hidden, obscure
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hide \Hide\ (h[imac]d), v. t. [imp. {Hid} (h[icr]d); p. p. {Hidden} (h[icr]d"d'n), {Hid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hiding} (h[imac]d"[icr]ng).] [OE. hiden, huden, AS. h[ymac]dan; akin to Gr. key`qein, 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. A city that is set on an hill can not be hid. --Matt. v. 15. If circumstances lead me, I will find Where truth is hid. --Shak. 2. To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing. Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate. --Pope. 3. To remove from danger; to shelter. In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion. --Ps. xxvi. 5. {To hide one's self}, to put one's self in a condition to be safe; to secure protection. [bd]A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself.[b8] --Prov. xxii. 3. {To hide the face}, to withdraw favor. [bd]Thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.[b8] --Ps. xxx. 7. {To hide the face from}. (a) To overlook; to pardon. [bd]Hide thy face from my sins.[b8] --Ps. li. 9. (b) To withdraw favor from; to be displeased with. Syn: To conceal; secrete; disguise; dissemble; screen; cloak; mask; veil. See {Conceal}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hidden \Hid"den\, p. p. & a. from {Hide}. Concealed; put out of view; secret; not known; mysterious. {Hidden fifths} [or] {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}. Usage: 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. Bring to light the hidden things of darkness. --1 Cor. iv. 5. My heart, which by a secret harmony Still moves with thine, joined in connection sweet. --Milton. By what best way, Whether of open war, or covert guile, We now debate. --Milton.