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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

retegere

retectum

, to uncover; pref.

re-

tegere

to cover.]

Act of disclosing or uncovering something concealed.

[Obs.]

Boyle.

Noun.

[L. retectus, from retego, to uncover; re and tego, to cover.]

The act of disclosing or producing to view something concealed; as the retection of the native color of the body.