Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to secrete
Participle: secreted
Gerund: secreting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | secrete |
| you | secrete |
| he;she;it | secretes |
| we | secrete |
| you | secrete |
| they | secrete |
Perfect
| I | have secreted |
| you | have secreted |
| he;she;it | has secreted |
| we | have secreted |
| you | have secreted |
| they | have secreted |
Past
| I | secreted |
| you | secreted |
| he;she;it | secreted |
| we | secreted |
| you | secreted |
| they | secreted |
Pluperfect
| I | had secreted |
| you | had secreted |
| he;she;it | had secreted |
| we | had secreted |
| you | had secreted |
| they | had secreted |
Future
| I | will secrete |
| you | will secrete |
| he;she;it | will secrete |
| we | will secrete |
| you | will secrete |
| they | will secrete |
Future Perfect
| I | will have secreted |
| you | will have secreted |
| he;she;it | will have secreted |
| we | will have secreted |
| you | will have secreted |
| they | will have secreted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | secrete |
| you | secrete |
| he;she;it | secrete |
| we | secrete |
| you | secrete |
| they | secrete |
Perfect
| I | have secreted |
| you | have secreted |
| he;she;it | have secreted |
| we | have secreted |
| you | have secreted |
| they | have secreted |
Imperfect
| I | secreted |
| you | secreted |
| he;she;it | secreted |
| we | secreted |
| you | secreted |
| they | secreted |
Pluperfect
| I | had secreted |
| you | had secreted |
| he;she;it | had secreted |
| we | had secreted |
| you | had secreted |
| they | had secreted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would secrete |
| you | would secrete |
| he;she;it | would secrete |
| we | would secrete |
| you | would secrete |
| they | would secrete |
Perfect
| I | would have secreted |
| you | would have secreted |
| he;she;it | would have secreted |
| we | would have secreted |
| you | would have secreted |
| they | would have secreted |
Imperative
| you | secrete |
| we | Let's secrete |
| you | secrete |
Verbs conjugated like 'secrete'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'secrete'
accrete,
decree,
excrete,
recrate,
recreate,
resecrete,
sacrate,
scree,
secede,
serene,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First directly attested in 1728; attested as the past-participial adjective secreted in 1707: from Latin sēcrētus, perfect passive participle of sēcernō (“to separate”); reinforced by back-formation from secretion; compare secern; cognate with French sécréter and the Spanish secretar. See: French '
sécréter', Spanish '
secretar'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] despatches for the self-styled Patriots on Navy Island, during the Canadian Insurrection: sometimes dressing as a girl, and carrying them in her stays; sometimes attiring herself as a boy, and secreting them in the lining of her hat. In the latter character she always rode as a boy would, which was nothing to her, for she could govern any horse that any man could ride, and could drive four-in-hand [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)