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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Physiol.) To separate from the blood and elaborate by the process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a secretion. See Secretion. [1913 Webster] Why one set of cells should secrete bile, another urea, and so on, we do not know. --Carpenter. [1913 Webster] Syn: To conceal; hide. See Conceal. [1913 Webster]