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  • 1reveal a secret — tell a secret, disclose a secret …

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  • 2Secret sharing — refers to any method for distributing a secret amongst a group of participants, each of which is allocated a share of the secret. The secret can only be reconstructed when the shares are combined together; individual shares are of no use on their …

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  • 3reveal — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English revelen, from Anglo French reveler, from Latin revelare to uncover, reveal, from re + velare to cover, veil, from velum veil Date: 14th century 1. to make known through divine inspiration 2. to make… …

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  • 4secret — I adj. 1) strictly secret 2) most; top secret 3) to keep smt. secret (from smb.) II n. 1) to make a secret of smt. 2) to guard, keep a secret 3) to betray, blurt out, divulge, reveal a secret 4) to ferret out, uncover a secret 5) a closely… …

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  • 5reveal — revealable, adj. revealability, revealableness, n. revealedly /ri vee lid lee, veeld /, adv. revealer, n. revealingly, adv. revealingness, n. revelative /ri vel euh tiv, rev euh lay /, adj. /ri veel /, v.t …

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  • 6secret — se|cret1 W3S3 [ˈsi:krıt] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin secretus, past participle of secernere to separate ] 1.) known about by only a few people and kept hidden from others →↑secrecy ▪ They kept their relationship secret from… …

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  • 7secret — adj. & n. adj. 1 kept or meant to be kept private, unknown, or hidden from all or all but a few. 2 acting or operating secretly. 3 fond of, prone to, or able to preserve secrecy. 4 (of a place) hidden, completely secluded. n. 1 a thing kept or… …

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  • 8reveal — /rəˈvil / (say ruh veel) verb (t) 1. to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret. 2. to lay open to view; display; exhibit. –noun 3. a revealing; revelation; disclosure. 4. Architecture a. that part of a jamb, or vertical face of an… …

  • 9Secret handshake — A secret handshake is a series of hand gestures that indicate loyalty to a club, clique, or subculture. The purpose of the secret handshake is to identify exclusive group members, and consequently to prevent inclusion of outsiders. Also, the… …

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  • 10reveal — I re•veal [[t]rɪˈvil[/t]] v. t. 1) to make known; divulge: to reveal a secret[/ex] 2) to lay open to view; display 3) an act or instance of revealing • Etymology: 1325–75; ME revelen < MF reveler < L revēlāre to unveil re•veal′er, n. II… …

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