单词 | secrete |
释义 | † secreteadj. Obsolete. rare. Separated. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [adjective] > separate or separated sunderedc1230 ysondredc1380 discretea1398 divisec1420 dissevered1471 separate?a1475 separated1535 semoted1542 dissociate1548 dirempt1580 dissundered1580 severed1581 parted1595 dividual1598 twain1600 sejunct1602 disassociated1611 dissociated1611 dividenta1616 entire to itselfa1618 interstinct1623 disjected1647 segregant1647 severized1649 divided1658 separate1667 secrete1678 disaffiliated1839 dirempted1900 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 307 Numenius and others of the Platonists speak..supposing Two other Divine Hypostases..which were perfectly Secrete from Matter. 1678 R. Cudworth tr. Plotinus in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 582 This so containeth all things, as not being yet secrete and distinct. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021). secretev.1 Physiology. 1. a. transitive. To produce by means of secretion. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > formation of substances, etc. > [verb (transitive)] elabour1543 elaborate1607 concoct1626 excern1626 secrete1707 animalize1772 laborate1830 the world > life > the body > secretory organs > action or process of secreting > secrete [verb (transitive)] secern1626 separate1692 secrete1707 resecrete1876 1707 [implied in: J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 57 The Mass of Blood is chiefly Chyle, chang'd and mix'd with these secreted Humours. (at secreted adj.1)]. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Animal Animal Secretion is the Act whereby the divers Juices of the Body are secreted or separated from the common Mass of Blood, by means of the Glands. 1800 E. Darwin Phytologia vi. i. 72 They [sc. glands] secrete, that is, separate or produce, some fluid from the blood; as bile, saliva, urine, milk. 1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 6 That part of their integument which contains the viscera and secretes the shell, is termed the mantle. 1877 C. Darwin Different Forms Flowers i. 22 The flowers of the Cowslip..secrete plenty of nectar. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1863 C. Kingsley Lett. (1878) II. 172 If you won't believe my great new doctrine..that souls secrete their bodies, as snails do shells, you will remain in outer darkness. 1887 J. R. Lowell Democracy & Other Addr. 29 Old gold has a civilizing virtue which new gold must grow old to be capable of secreting. 2. intransitive. To perform the act of secretion. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > formation of substances, etc. > [verb (intransitive)] secrete1872 clump1896 1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) v. 132 Making the cells secrete just as a nerve when stimulated makes a muscle contract. 1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 100 Those delicate,..umbrella-like scales..secrete on their upper surface. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2019). secretev.2 1. a. transitive. To place in concealment, to hide out of sight, to keep secret. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, conceal [verb (transitive)] heeleOE forhelec888 i-hedec888 dernc893 hidec897 wryOE behelec1000 behidec1000 bewryc1000 forhidec1000 overheleOE hilla1250 fealc1325 cover1340 forcover1382 blinda1400 hulsterc1400 overclosec1400 concealc1425 shroud1426 blend1430 close1430 shadow1436 obumber?1440 mufflea1450 alaynec1450 mew?c1450 purloin1461 to keep close?1471 oversilec1478 bewrap1481 supprime1490 occulta1500 silec1500 smoor1513 shadec1530 skleir1532 oppressa1538 hudder-mudder1544 pretex1548 lap?c1550 absconce1570 to steek away1575 couch1577 recondite1578 huddle1581 mew1581 enshrine1582 enshroud1582 mask1582 veil1582 abscondc1586 smotherc1592 blot1593 sheathe1594 immask1595 secret1595 bemist1598 palliate1598 hoodwinka1600 overmaska1600 hugger1600 obscure1600 upwrap1600 undisclose1601 disguise1605 screen1611 underfold1612 huke1613 eclipsea1616 encavea1616 ensconcea1616 obscurify1622 cloud1623 inmewa1625 beclouda1631 pretext1634 covert1647 sconce1652 tapisa1660 shun1661 sneak1701 overlay1719 secrete1741 blank1764 submerge1796 slur1813 wrap1817 buttress1820 stifle1820 disidentify1845 to stick away1900 1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. iv. iv. 109 The common Opinion that the Egyptians invented Hieroglyphics to secrete their profound Wisdom. 1768 Lady M. Coke Jrnl. 11 July (1889) II. 310 Jane was secreted while the Princess was with me. 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. iii. ii. 213 How had Sibyll dared to secrete from him this hoard? 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 74 [It] may be secreted for untold ages in subterranean reservoirs. b. reflexive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > conceal oneself [verb (reflexive)] hidec897 wryOE shroudc1402 imbosk1562 shrine1570 thick1574 mew1581 burrow1596 dern1604 earth1609 veil1614 ensconcea1616 abscond1626 perdue1694 secrete1764 to stow away1795 1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. xviii. ii. 79 It appears too that her tent was a much safer place than any other in that encampment in which to secrete himself. 1833 H. Martineau Cinnamon & Pearls i. 5 No shady creek into which a skiff might glide and secrete itself. 1893 C. G. Leland Memoirs I. 160 A certain French lady..having fallen in love with the said captain, had secreted herself on board the vessel. 2. To remove secretly, to appropriate (the possessions of another) in a secret manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking surreptitiously > take surreptitiously [verb (transitive)] forsteala940 stealc950 undernimc1175 to run away with?c1430 embezzle1469 steal?1473 surrept1548 cloyne1549 abstract1555 secrete1749 smuggle1768 to run off1821 snakea1861 sneak1883 snitch1904 palm1941 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > put in secret place [verb (transitive)] plant1610 secrete1749 stash1797 cache1805 lair1851 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. vi. xiii. 321 Secreting the 500 l. was a Matter of very little Hazard; whereas the detaining the Sixteen Guineas was liable to..Discovery. View more context for this quotation 1783 E. Burke Rep. Affairs India in Wks. (1842) II. 265 Not the least hint, that he was delivering back to the Company money of their own, which he had secreted from them. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 58 There the bankrupt was taught how he might, without sin, secrete his goods from his creditors. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021). secretev.3 Hat-making. transitive. To subject to the process of secretage n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > work with skins [verb (transitive)] > specific processes in furriery secrete1839 re-dress1859 carrot1862 point1909 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 947 After the hairs are properly secreted, they are..shorn off by a machine. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Secreting, a process by which the hairs of hare and rabbit skins are rendered fit for felting. 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