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Definitions for: Hidden
[adj] covered from view; "her face buried (or hidden) in her hands"; "a secret buried deep within herself"
[adj] difficult to find; "hidden valleys"; "a hidden cave"; "an obscure retreat"
[adj] designed to elude detection; "a hidden room or place of concealment such as a priest hole"; "a secret passage"; "the secret compartment in the desk"
[adj] not accessible to view; "concealed (or hidden) damage"; "in stormy weather the stars are out of sight"
Webster (1913) Definition: Hid"den, p. p. & a.
from Hide. Concealed; put out of view; secret; not known;
mysterious.
Hidden fifths or octaves (Mus.), consecutive fifths or
octaves, not sounded, but suggested or implied in the
parallel motion of two parts towards a fifth or an octave.
Syn: Hidden, Secret, Covert.
Usage: Hidden may denote either known to on one; as, a hidden
disease; or intentionally concealed; as, a hidden
purpose of revenge. Secret denotes that the thing is
known only to the party or parties concerned; as, a
secret conspiracy. Covert literally denotes what is
not open or avowed; as, a covert plan; but is often
applied to what we mean shall be understood, without
openly expressing it; as, a covert allusion. Secret is
opposed to known, and hidden to revealed.
Bring to light the hidden things of darkness.
--1 Cor. iv.
5.
My heart, which by a secret harmony Still moves
with thine, joined in connection sweet.
--Milton.
By what best way, Whether of open war, or covert
guile, We now debate. --Milton.
Synonyms: buried, concealed, invisible, obscure, out of sight, secret, unseeable
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