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▪ I. clandestine, a. (n.)|klænˈdɛstɪn|
[ad. L. clandestīnus secret, hidden, clandestine, f. clam secretly, in private; cf. matutīnus. In French clandestin, -ine occurs in 16th c.]
A. adj. Secret, private, concealed; usually in bad sense, implying craft or deception; underhand, surreptitious.
1566Lethington To Cecil in Burnet Records iii. No. 30 (R.) The vitiated and clandestine contract..having no witness nor solemnization of Christian matrimony. 1658Milton Lett. State (1851) 400 A certain clandestine Hostility cover'd over with the name of Peace. 1698W. Chilcot Evil Thoughts ii. (1851) 18 The clandestine impurities of the hearts and souls of the whole world shall be revealed. 1754Erskine Princ. Sc. Law (1809) 69 When the order of the church is observed, the marriage is called regular; when otherwise, clandestine. Clandestine marriage, though it be valid, has statutory penalties annexed to it. 1845McCulloch Taxation ii. x. (1852) 359 A powerful stimulus to clandestine distillation. 1860W. Collins Wom. White iii. 472, I obtained access by clandestine means.
B. † n. A clandestine or underhand proceeding.
1656S. H. Golden Law 15 Such clandestines and ambushments attend continually for your surprisal. Ibid. 87 Your Clandestines and Trecheries.
▪ II. † clanˈdestine, v. Obs. rare.
to clandestine it: to act in a clandestine manner.
1656S. H. Golden Law 72 To clamour, except, or clandestine it, or to incense the people to faction or party. |
