About The Word Secern
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Secern
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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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