Secret

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Secret \Se"cret\, a. [F. secret (cf. Sp. & Pg. secreto, It.
     secreto, segreto), fr. L. secretus, p. p. of secernere to put
     apart, to separate. See {Certain}, and cf. {Secrete},
     {Secern}.]
     1. Hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a
        secret vow. --Shak.


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              The secret things belong unto the Lord our God; but
              those things which are revealed belong unto us.
                                                    --Deut. xxix.
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     2. Withdrawn from general intercourse or notice; in
        retirement or secrecy; secluded.
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              There, secret in her sapphire cell,
              He with the Nais wont to dwell.       --Fenton.
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     3. Faithful to a secret; not inclined to divulge or betray
        confidence; secretive. [R.]
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              Secret Romans, that have spoke the word,
              And will not palter.                  --Shak.
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     4. Separate; distinct. [Obs.]
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              They suppose two other divine hypostases superior
              thereunto, which were perfectly secret from matter.
                                                    --Cudworth.
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     Syn: Hidden; concealed; secluded; retired; unseen; unknown;
          private; obscure; recondite; latent; covert;
          clandestine; privy. See {Hidden}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Secret \Se"cret\, v. t.
     To keep secret. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              To tell our own secrets is often folly; to
              communicate those of others is treachery. --Rambler.
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     2. A thing not discovered; what is unknown or unexplained; a
        mystery.
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              All secrets of the deep, all nature's works.
                                                    --Milton.
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     3. pl. The parts which modesty and propriety require to be
        concealed; the genital organs.
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     {In secret}, in a private place; in privacy or secrecy; in a
        state or place not seen; privately.
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              Bread eaten in secret is pleasant.    --Prov. ix.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  classified \classified\ adj.
     1. arranged into classes or categories; as, {unclassified}.
  
     Syn: categorized.
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     2. assigned to a class of documents withheld from general
        circulation; -- of information or documents. Opposite of
        {unclassified}.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: {eyes-only}; {confidential};
           {restricted}; {secret}; {sensitive}; {top-secret}]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  secret
       adj 1: not open or public; kept private or not revealed; "a secret
              formula"; "secret ingredients"; "secret talks"
       2: 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"
          [syn: {clandestine}, {cloak-and-dagger}, {hole-and-corner(a)},
           {hugger-mugger}, {hush-hush}, {on the quiet(p)}, {surreptitious},
           {undercover}, {underground}]
       3: not openly made known; "a secret marriage"; "a secret bride"
          [syn: {unavowed}]
       4: communicated covertly; "their a secret signal was a wink";
          "secret messages"
       5: not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts" [syn: {private}]
       6: 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" [syn: {hidden}]
       7: hidden from general view or use; "a privy place to rest and
          think"; "a secluded romantic spot"; "a secret garden"
          [syn: {privy}, {secluded}]
       8: (of information) given in confidence or in secret; "closet
          information"; "this arrangement must be kept
          confidential"; "their secret communications" [syn: {closet(a)},
           {confidential}]
       9: indulging only covertly; "a closet alcoholic"; "closet
          liberals" [syn: {closet(a)}]
       10: 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"
           [syn: {mysterious}, {mystic}, {mystical}, {occult}, {orphic}]
       11: the next to highest level of official classification for
           documents
       n 1: 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"
       2: information known only to a special group; "the secret of
          Cajun cooking" [syn: {arcanum}]
       3: something that baffles understanding and cannot be
          explained; "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one
          of nature's secrets" [syn: {mystery}, {enigma}, {closed
          book}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  190 Moby Thesaurus words for "secret":
     abstract, abstruse, arcane, arcanum, beclouded, behind the curtain,
     behind the scenes, blind, buried, by stealth, cabala, cabalistic,
     camouflaged, censored, clandestine, classified,
     classified information, close, closed, closemouthed, clouded,
     concealed, confidence, confidential, confidential communication,
     confidentially, covered, covert, cryptic, cryptographic, dark,
     deep, deep-seated, devious, discreet, disguised, eclipsed,
     encrypted, enigma, enigmatic, esoteric, esoterica, evasive,
     furtive, furtively, genitals, guarded secret, heavy, hermetic,
     hermetics, hid, hidden, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush,
     immanent, imperceptible, implanted, implicit, in a cloud, in a fog,
     in eclipse, in purdah, in secret, in the wings, inalienable,
     incommunicado, incomprehensible, indiscernible, indwelling,
     infixed, ingrained, inherent, inner, insensible, internal,
     intrinsic, invisible, inward, inwrought, irreducible, latent,
     lonesome, mysterious, mystery, mystery of mysteries, mystical,
     obfuscated, obscure, obscured, occult, on the sly, out of sight,
     out-of-the-way, parts, personal matter, private, private matter,
     private parts, privately, privates, privileged communication,
     privity, privy, privy parts, profound, profound secret, pudenda,
     quiet, quietly, recondite, remote, removed, resident, restricted,
     restricted information, retired, screened, sealed book, secluded,
     secluse, secretive, secretly, sequestered, shifty, shrouded,
     sightless, smothered, sneak, stealthily, stealthy, stifled,
     subjective, submerged, suppressed, surreptitious, surreptitiously,
     the occult, top secret, top-secret, transcendental, ulterior,
     unacknowledged, unalienable, unapparent, unbeheld, unbeholdable,
     unbreatheable, unchallengeable, uncommunicative, undeclared,
     under an eclipse, under cover, under house arrest, under security,
     under wraps, under-the-table, undercover, underground, underhand,
     underhanded, underneath, undiscernible, undisclosable, undisclosed,
     undivulgable, undivulged, unknown, unnoticed, unobserved,
     unperceivable, unperceived, unpublishable, unpublished,
     unquestionable, unrealized, unrevealable, unrevealed, unseeable,
     unseen, unspoken, untellable, untold, unutterable, unuttered,
     unviewed, unwhisperable, unwitnessed, viewless,
     wrapped in clouds
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  SECRET, rights. A knowledge of something which is unknown to others, out of 
  which a profit may be made; for example, an invention of a machine, or the 
  discovery of the effect of the combination of certain matters. 
       2. Instances have occurred of secrets of that kind being kept for many 
  years, but they are liable to constant detection. As such secrets are not 
  property, the possessors of them in general prefer making them public, and 
  securing the exclusive right for years, under the patent laws, to keeping 
  them in an insecure manner, without them. See Phil. on Pat. ch. 15; Gods. on 
  Pat. 171; Dav. Pat. Cas. 429; 8 Ves. 215; 2 Ves. & B. 218; 2 Mer. 446; 3 
  Mer. 157; 1 Jac. & W. 394; 1 Pick. 443; 4 Mason, 15; 3 B. & P. 630. 
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  SECRET. That which is not to be revealed. 
       2. Attorneys and counsellors, who have been trusted professionally with 
  the secrets of their clients, are not allowed to reveal them in a court of 
  justice. The right of secrecy belongs to the client, and not to the attorney 
  and counsellor. 
       3. As to the matter communicated, it extends to all cases where the 
  client applies for professional advice or assistance; and it does not appear 
  that the protection is qualified by any reference to proceedings pending or 
  in contemplation. Story, Eq. Pl. Sec. 600; 1 Milne & K. 104; 3 Sim. R. 467. 
       3. Documents confided professionally to the counsel cannot be demanded, 
  unless indeed the party would himself be bound to produce them. Hare on 
  Discov. 171. Grand jurors are sworn the commonwealth's secrets, their 
  fellows and their own to keep. Vide Confidential communications; Witness.