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    secrete
    se‧crete /sɪˈkriːt/ verb [transitive]
     Word Family: noun: secrecy, secret, secretiveness; adverb: secretly, secretively; adjective: secret, secretive; verb: secrete
     Sense 1
     Date: 1700-1800
     Origin: secretion
     Sense 2
     Date: 1700-1800
     Origin: ⇨ secret1
    1. if a part of an animal or plant secretes a liquid substance, it produces it:
        The toad’s skin secretes a deadly poison.
    2. formal to hide something:
        The money had been secreted in a Swiss bank account.