secrete

¹se·crete

transitive verb \si-ˈkrēt\

se·cret·edse·cret·ing

Definition of SECRETE

: to form and give off (a secretion)

Origin of SECRETE

back-formation from secretion

First Known Use: 1693

Rhymes with SECRETE

accrete, aesthete, afreet, athlete, backbeat, backseat, backstreet, bedsheet, bench seat, big beat, bolete, box pleat, box seat, break beat, broadsheet, browbeat, buckwheat, bystreet, call sheet, car seat, cheat sheet, clipsheet, cloud street, cold feet, compete, compleat, complete, conceit, concrete, crabmeat, crib sheet, deadbeat, dead heat, dead meat, deceit, defeat, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, disseat, downbeat, drop seat, drumbeat, dutch treat, effete, elite, en suite, entreat, escheat, excrete, facete, Fleet Street, fly sheet, forcemeat, foresheet, four-peat, gamete, groundsheet, hard wheat, heartbeat, heat-treat, helpmeet, hoofbeat, hot seat, house seat, ice sheet, ill-treat, jump seat, kick pleat, love seat, mainsheet, Main Street, maltreat, mesquite, mincemeat, mistreat, offbeat, Ossete, petite, pink sheet, preheat, rap sheet, receipt, recheat, red heat, red meat, red wheat, regreet, repeat, replete, retreat, scratch sheet, side street, slip-sheet, soft wheat, spreadsheet, stand treat, swap meet, sweetmeat, tear sheet, terete, three-peat, through street, time sheet, unmeet, unseat, upbeat, vegete, volkslied, white heat

²se·crete

transitive verb \si-ˈkrēt, ˈsē-krət\

se·cret·edse·cret·ing

Definition of SECRETE

1

: to deposit or conceal in a hiding place

2

: to appropriate secretly : abstract

Origin of SECRETE

alteration of obsolete secret, from ¹secret

First Known Use: 1741

se·crete

transitive verb \si-ˈkrēt\   (Medical Dictionary)

se·cret·ed; se·cret·ing

Medical Definition of SECRETE

: to form and give off (a secretion) <cells secreting mucus>