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English Dictionary: secret	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
secret adj not open or public; kept private or not revealed; "a secret formula"; "secret ingredients"; "secret talks" conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance" Synonym(s): clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner(a), hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground not openly made known; "a secret marriage"; "a secret bride" Synonym(s): unavowed, secret communicated covertly; "their secret signal was a wink"; "secret messages" not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts" Synonym(s): secret, private 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 hidden from general view or use; "a privy place to rest and think"; "a secluded romantic spot"; "a secret garden" Synonym(s): privy, secluded, secret (of information) given in confidence or in secret; "this arrangement must be kept confidential"; "their secret communications" Synonym(s): confidential, secret indulging only covertly; "a secret alcoholic" having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients" Synonym(s): mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, secret, orphic the next to highest level of official classification for documents n something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on); "the combination to the safe was a secret"; "he tried to keep his drinking a secret" information known only to a special group; "the secret of Cajun cooking" Synonym(s): secret, arcanum something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's secrets" Synonym(s): mystery, enigma, secret, closed book
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Secret \Se"cret\, a. [F. secret (cf. Sp.& Pg. secreto, It. secreto, segreto), fr. L. secretus, p. p. of secrernere to put apart, to separate. See {Certain}, and cf. {Secrete}, {Secern}.] 1. Hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a secret vow. --Shak. The secret things belong unto the Lord our God; but those things which are revealed belong unto us. --Deut. xxix. 29. 2. Withdraw from general intercourse or notice; in retirement or secrecy; secluded. There, secret in her sapphire cell, He with the Na[8b]s wont to dwell. --Fenton. 3. Faithful to a secret; not inclined to divulge or betray confidence; secretive. [R.] Secret Romans, that have spoke the word, And will not palter. --Shak. 4. Separate; distinct. [Obs.] They suppose two other divine hypostases superior thereunto, which were perfectly secret from matter. --Cudworth. Syn: Hidden; concealed; secluded; retired; unseen; unknown; private; obscure; recondite; latent; covert; clandestine; privy. See {Hidden}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Secret \Se"cret\, n. [F. secret (cf. Pr. secret, Sp. & Pg. secreto, It. secreto, segreto), from L. secretum. See {Secret}, a.] 1. Something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general knowledge; what is not revealed, or not to be revealed. To tell our secrets is often folly; to communicate those of others is treachery. --Rambler.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Secret \Se"cret\, v. t. To keep secret. [Obs.] --Bacon.