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conceal

verb
/kənˈsiːl/UK/kənˈsil/US

Etymology

From Middle English concelen, from Old French conceler (“hide, disguise”), from Latin concēlō, concēlāre (“carefully disguise”).

  1. derived from conceler — “hide, disguise”
  2. inherited from concelen

Definitions

  1. To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.

    • He tried to conceal the truth about his health.
    • Utah has allowed for permitless open and concealed carry of weapons since 2021. But before the passage of HB 128, firearms had to be concealed when carried on college campuses.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at conceal. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at conceal. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at conceal

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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