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  • 51hide — I verb abdere, absconders bury, cache, camouflage, celare, cloak, closet, cloud, conceal, conceal from knowledge, conceal from sight, cover, cover up, curtain, deceive, disguise, dissemble, ensconce, envelop, harbor, hush up, keep out of sight,… …

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  • 52insulate — I verb compartmentalize, cut off, detach, isolate, keep apart, quarantine, screen off, seclude, segregate, separate, sequester, set apart, zone II index isolate, protect, seclude Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …

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  • 53hide — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. skin, pelt, coat; leather. See covering. v. cover, secrete, cloak, veil; dissemble, falsify; hole up; disguise, camouflage. See concealment, secret. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Skin of an animal] Syn. pelt …

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  • 54quarantine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. detention, detainment, restraint, confinement, seclusion, segregation, sequestration, isolation; cordon sanitaire. v. t. detain, segregate, separate, isolate, sequester. See exclusion. II (Roget s IV) …

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  • 55secrete — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. hide, conceal, mask; separate, prepare, excrete. See concealment, excretion. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To hide] Syn. conceal, cover, seclude; see disguise , hide 1 . 2. [To perspire] Syn. discharge,… …

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  • 56separate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. divide, disunite, disconnect, part, detach, sever, keep apart, isolate, segregate, sift, screen; part company. Ant., unite, connect. adj. disconnected, distinct, alone, isolate, unconnected,… …

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  • 57Concealment — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Concealment >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 concealment concealment Sgm: N 1 hiding hiding &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 occultation occultation mystification GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 seal of secrecy seal of secrecy …

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  • 58seclusion — (n.) 1620s, from M.L. seclusionem, noun of action from pp. stem of L. secludere (see SECLUDE (Cf. seclude)) …

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  • 59seclusive — (adj.) 1824, from L. seclus , stem of secludere (see SECLUDE (Cf. seclude)) + IVE (Cf. ive). Related: Seclusively; seclusiveness …

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  • 60seclusive — [si klo͞o′siv] adj. [< L seclusus, pp. of secludere (see SECLUDE) + IVE] 1. tending to seclude 2. fond of or seeking seclusion seclusively adv. seclusiveness n …

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