Half-concealed
[kuh n-seel] /kənˈsil/
verb (used with object)
1.
to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight:
He concealed the gun under his coat.
2.
to keep secret; to prevent or avoid disclosing or divulging:
to conceal one’s identity by using a false name.
adjective
1.
partially hidden: little half-concealed paths
/kənˈsiːl/
verb (transitive)
1.
to keep from discovery; hide
2.
to keep secret
v.
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.
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