Serving to hide, conceal, or keep secret; having a concealing function.
From Latin 'celare' (to hide) plus the adjective suffix '-ative' (tending to or having the quality of).
Words like 'celative' show how English can build entire meaning-families from single Latin roots—'celare' gives us celation, celative, celature, and more.
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