conce

a. Capable of being concealed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Hidden; kept from sight; secreted.

-- Con*ceal"ed*ly adv. -- Con*ceal"ed*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Concealed weapons (Law), dangerous weapons so carried on the person as to be knowingly or willfully concealed from sight, -- a practice forbidden by statute. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who conceals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. concelement. ] 1. The act of concealing; the state of being concealed. [ 1913 Webster ]

But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some dear cause
Will in concealment wrap me up awhile. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A place of hiding; a secret place; a retreat frem observation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cleft tree
Offers its kind concealment to a few. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A secret; out of the way knowledge. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Well read in strange concealments. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) Suppression of such facts and circumstances as in justice ought to be made known. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Conceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Conceding. ] [ L. concedere, concessum; con- + cedere to go along, give way, yield: cf. F. concéder. See Cede. ] 1. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To admit to be true; to acknowledge. [ 1913 Webster ]

We concede that their citizens were those who lived under different forms. Burke.

Syn. -- To grant; allow; admit; yield; surrender. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To yield or make concession. [ 1913 Webster ]

I wished you to concede to America, at a time when she prayed concession at our feet. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. prenom. acknowledged. Opposite of unacknowledged.
Syn. -- admitted(prenominal), avowed(prenominal), confessed(prenominal), self-confessed(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adj. signifying a concession. [ prenominal ]
Syn. -- concessive. [ WordNet 1.5 ]