Webster's Dictionary 1913

2512

Secondly

Sec″ond‐ly, adv. In the second place.

2513

Secondo

‖Se‐con″do (sē̍‐kŏn″dō̍; It. sā̍‐kō̍n″dō̍), n.(Mus.) The second part in a concerted piece.

2514

Secre

Se″cre (? or?), a. Secret; secretive; faithful to a secret.To be holden stable and secre. Chaucer.

2515

Secre (2)

Se″cre, n. A secret. Chaucer.

2516

Secrecy

Se″cre‐cy (?), n.; pl.Secrecies (#). [From Secret.] 1. The state or quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their secrecy.The Lady Anne,Whom the kin...

2517

Secrely

Se″cre‐ly (?), adv. Secretly. Chaucer.

2518

Secreness

Se″cre‐ness, n. Secrecy; privacy. Chaucer.

2519

Secret

Se″cret (?), a. [F. secret (cf. Sp. & Pg. secreto, It. secreto, segreto), fr. L. secretus, p. p. of secernere to put apart, to separate. See Certain, and cf. Secrete, Secern.] 1...

2520

Secret (2)

Se″cret, n. [F. secret (cf. Pr. secret, Sp. & Pg. secreto, It. secreto, segreto), from L. secretum. See Secret, a.] 1. Something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general ...

2521

Secret (3)

Se″cret (?), v. t. To keep secret. Bacon.

2522

Secret service

Se″cret serv″ice. The detective service of a government. In the United States, in time of peace the bureau of secret service is under the treasury department, and in time of war...

2523

Secretage

Se″cret‐age (?), n. A process in which mercury, or some of its salts, is employed to impart the property of felting to certain kinds of furs. Ure.

2524

Secretarial

Sec′re‐ta″ri‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a secretary; befitting a secretary.Secretarial, diplomatic, or other official training. Carlyle.

2525

Secretariat

{ Sec′re‐ta″ri‐at (?), Sec′re‐ta″ri‐ate (?), } n. [F. secrétariat.] The office of a secretary; the place where a secretary transacts business, keeps records, etc.

2526

Secretary

Sec″re‐ta‐ry (?), n.; pl.Secretaries (#). [F. secrétaire (cf. Pr. secretari, Sp. & Pg. secretario, It. secretario, segretario) LL. secretarius, originally, a confidant, one intr...

2527

Secretaryship

Sec″re‐ta‐ry‐ship, n. The office, or the term of office, of a secretary.

2528

Secrete

Se‐crete″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Secreted; p. pr. & vb. n.Secreting.] [L. secretus separated, secret, hidden, p. p. of secernere. See Secret, and cf. Discrete, Discreet.] 1. To...

2529

Secretion

Se‐cre″tion (?), n. [L. secretio: cf. F. sécrétion.] 1. The act of secreting or concealing; as, the secretion of dutiable goods.2. (Physiol.) The act of secreting; the process b...

2530

Secretist

Se″cret‐ist (?), n. A dealer in secrets.

2531

Secretitious

Se′cre‐ti″tious (?), a. Parted by animal secretion; as, secretitious humors. Floyer.

2532

Secretive

Se‐cret″ive (?), a. Tending to secrete, or to keep secret or private; as, a secretive disposition.

2533

Secretiveness

Se‐cret″ive‐ness, n. 1. The quality of being secretive; disposition or tendency to conceal.2. (Phren.) The faculty or propensity which impels to reserve, secrecy, or concealment.

2534

Secretly

Se″cret‐ly (?), adv. In a secret manner.

2535

Secretness

Se″cret‐ness, n. 1. The state or quality of being secret, hid, or concealed.2. Secretiveness; concealment. Donne.

2536

Secreto-motory

Se‐cre′to–mo″to‐ry (?), a.(Physiol.) Causing secretion; — said of nerves which go to glands and influence secretion.

2537

Secretory

Se‐cre″to‐ry (?), a. [Cf. F. sécrétoire. See Secrete.] (Physiol.) Secreting; performing, or connected with, the office of secretion; secernent; as, secretory vessels, nerves. — ...

2538

Sect

Sect (sĕkt), n. [L. secare, sectum, to cut.] A cutting; a scion. Shak.