Secreting

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

  Secrete \Se*crete"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Secreted}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Secreting}.] [L. secretus separated, secret, hidden,
     p. p. of secernere. See {Secret}, and cf. {Discrete},
     {Discreet}.]
     1. To deposit in a place of hiding; to hide; to conceal; as,
        to secrete stolen goods; to secrete one's self.


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     2. (Physiol.) To separate from the blood and elaborate by the
        process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a
        secretion. See {Secretion}.
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              Why one set of cells should secrete bile, another
              urea, and so on, we do not know.      --Carpenter.
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     Syn: To conceal; hide. See {Conceal}.
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