secrete

Secrete is defined as to hide, or to produce and release a liquid.

(verb)

See secrete in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb secreted, secreting

to put or keep in a secret place; hide; conceal
Origin: back-form. < secretion
to form and release (a specified secretion) as a gland, etc. does

Origin: < earlier secret, to hide < L secretus, pp. of secernere: see secret

See secrete in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb se·cret·ed, se·cret·ing, se·cret·es

To generate and separate (a substance) from cells or bodily fluids: secrete digestive juices.

Origin:

Origin: Back-formation from secretion¹

transitive verb se·cret·ed, se·cret·ing, se·cret·es

Origin:

Origin: Probably alteration of obsolete secret

Origin: , from secret

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