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secrete (v.1)
"produce, prepare, or elaborate by process of secretion," 1707 (implied in secreted), a back-formation from secretion. Related: Secretes; secreting; secretious.
secrete (v.2)
"place in concealment," by 1741, an alteration of secret (v.).
updated on March 25, 2022
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