Forhele

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To conceal; hide. obsolete, transitive

Etymology

From Middle English forhelen, from Old English forhelan (“to cover up, conceal”), from Proto-Germanic *frahelaną (“to conceal, hide”), equivalent to for- + hele. Cognate with Dutch verhelen (“to conceal”), German verhehlen (“to hide, conceal”).

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