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Secern

Secern Meaning & Definition
Secern Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Secern?

[v] mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Secern: differentiate | distinguish | secernate | separate | severalise | severalize | tell | tell apart

Related Terms | Find terms related to Secern:

See Also | compare | contradistinguish | contrast | demarcate | discriminate | dissociate | identify | individualise | individualize | know | know apart | label | place | sex | single out | stratify

Secern In Webster's Dictionary

\Se*cern"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Secerned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Secerning}.] [L. secernere. See {Secrete}.] 1. To separate; to distinguish. Averroes secerns a sense of titillation, and a sense of hunger and thirst. --Sir W. Hamilton. 2. (Physiol.) To secrete; as, mucus secerned in the nose. --Arbuthnot.

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