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Antonyms for conceals


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuh n-seel
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈsil



Definition of conceals

Origin :
  • early 14c., concelen, from Old French conceler "to hide, conceal, dissimulate," from Latin concelare "to hide," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + celare "to hide," from PIE root *kel- "to hide" (see cell). Replaced Old English deagan. Related: Concealed; concealing.
  • verb hide, disguise
Example sentences :
  • We cannot stop making them, but we can give them a name that conceals our helplessness.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • I believe she conceals them, and always will conceal them, even from herself.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • Bunyan conceals nothing, assumes nothing, and exaggerates nothing.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • And the venal English press which conceals the fact, what shall be said of it?
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • He puts asafetida in the soup, and conceals lizzards in his father's hat.
  • Extract from : « Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales » by Robert L. Taylor
  • Thus he would do away with the illusion (Maya) which conceals all true knowledge.
  • Extract from : « Vikram and the Vampire » by Richard F. Burton
  • To escape this he conceals or ignores his relation to his wife and children.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • You are not thinking of the casket, but of the pearl it conceals.
  • Extract from : « The Quadroon » by Mayne Reid
  • A fair exterior often conceals a dark heart, daughter, said the abbess.
  • Extract from : « Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf » by George W. M. Reynolds
  • One of these he conceals in the palm of the hand by which he lifts the cup.
  • Extract from : « Indian Conjuring » by L. H. Branson

Synonyms for conceals

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