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octaves |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hidden \Hid"den\, p. p. & a. from {Hide}. Concealed; put out of view; secret; not known mysterious. {Hidden fifths} or {octaves} (Mus.), consecutive fifths or octaves, not sounded, but suggested or implied in the parallel motion of two parts towards a fifth or an octave. Syn: {Hidden}, {Secret}, {Covert}. Usage: Hidden may denote either known to on one as a hidden disease; or intentionally concealed; as a hidden purpose of revenge. Secret denotes that the thing is known only to the party or parties concerned; as a secret conspiracy. Covert literally denotes what is not open or avowed; as a covert plan but is often applied to what we mean shall be understood, without openly expressing it as a covert allusion. Secret is opposed to known and hidden to revealed. Bring to light the hidden things of darkness. --1 Cor. iv 5. My heart, which by a secret harmony Still moves with thine, joined in connection sweet. --Milton. By what best way Whether of open war, or covert guile, We now debate. --Milton.
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