Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to conceal
Participle: concealed
Gerund: concealing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | conceal |
| you | conceal |
| he;she;it | conceals |
| we | conceal |
| you | conceal |
| they | conceal |
Perfect
| I | have concealed |
| you | have concealed |
| he;she;it | has concealed |
| we | have concealed |
| you | have concealed |
| they | have concealed |
Past
| I | concealed |
| you | concealed |
| he;she;it | concealed |
| we | concealed |
| you | concealed |
| they | concealed |
Pluperfect
| I | had concealed |
| you | had concealed |
| he;she;it | had concealed |
| we | had concealed |
| you | had concealed |
| they | had concealed |
Future
| I | will conceal |
| you | will conceal |
| he;she;it | will conceal |
| we | will conceal |
| you | will conceal |
| they | will conceal |
Future Perfect
| I | will have concealed |
| you | will have concealed |
| he;she;it | will have concealed |
| we | will have concealed |
| you | will have concealed |
| they | will have concealed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | conceal |
| you | conceal |
| he;she;it | conceal |
| we | conceal |
| you | conceal |
| they | conceal |
Perfect
| I | have concealed |
| you | have concealed |
| he;she;it | have concealed |
| we | have concealed |
| you | have concealed |
| they | have concealed |
Imperfect
| I | concealed |
| you | concealed |
| he;she;it | concealed |
| we | concealed |
| you | concealed |
| they | concealed |
Pluperfect
| I | had concealed |
| you | had concealed |
| he;she;it | had concealed |
| we | had concealed |
| you | had concealed |
| they | had concealed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would conceal |
| you | would conceal |
| he;she;it | would conceal |
| we | would conceal |
| you | would conceal |
| they | would conceal |
Perfect
| I | would have concealed |
| you | would have concealed |
| he;she;it | would have concealed |
| we | would have concealed |
| you | would have concealed |
| they | would have concealed |
Imperative
| you | conceal |
| we | Let's conceal |
| you | conceal |
Verbs conjugated like 'conceal'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'conceal'
congeal,
cancel,
cancell,
conceave,
concede,
conceit,
concern,
concert,
reconceal,
unconceal,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- hide
- ensconce, harbor, cover, shade, camouflage, shroud, disguise, screen
Antonyms
- hide
- expose, display, exhibit, advertise
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1292, from O.Fr.
conceler "to hide," from L.
concelare "to hide," from
com- "together" +
celare "to hide," from PIE base
*kel- "to hide" (see cell). Replaced O.E.
deagan.
2. From Middle English concelen, from Old French conceler (“hide, disguise”), from Latin concēlō, concēlāre (“carefully disguise”). See: Old French '
conceler'.
Verbs referencing "conceal"
Old Irish
conceil.
Sample Sentences
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[...] to a thick patch of woodland, through which murmured a clear brook. As the child complained of hunger and thirst, she climbed over the fence with him; and, sitting down behind a large rock which concealed them from the road, she gave him a breakfast out of her little package. The boy wondered and grieved that she could not eat; and when, putting his arms round her neck, he tried to wedge some of his [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] connected with its management, and passed the day in going from cell to cell, and talking with the inmates. Every facility was afforded me, that the utmost courtesy could suggest. Nothing was concealed or hidden from my view, and every piece of information that I sought, was openly and frankly given. The perfect order of the building cannot be praised too highly, and of the excellent motives of [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] old citizen and our bullet-headed acquaintance. The citizen bids for a few turns, contemptuously measuring his opponent; but the bullet-head has the advantage over him, both in obstinacy and concealed length of purse, and the controversy lasts but a moment; the hammer falls,—he has got the girl, body and soul, unless God help her !
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] first through flowery fields of ease and indulgence, then through heart-breaking separations from all that man holds dear. Again, we have waited with him in a sunny island, where generous hands concealed his chains with flowers; and, lastly, we have followed him when the last ray of earthly hope went out in night, and seen how, in the blackness of earthly darkness, the firmament of the unseen has [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Legree could not help overhearing this whispering; and it was all the more exciting to him, from the pains that were taken to conceal it from him. He drank more brandy than usual; held up his head briskly, and swore louder than ever in the daytime; but he had bad dreams, and the visions of his head on his bed were anything but [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Cassy was dressed after the manner of the Creole Spanish ladies,—wholly in black. A small black bonnet on her head, covered by a veil thick with embroidery, concealed her face. It had been agreed that, in their escape, she was to personate the character of a Creole lady, and Emmeline that of her servant.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)