About The Word Secrete
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Secrete
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What's The Definition Of Secrete?
[v] generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"
[v] place out of sight; keep secret; "The money was secreted from his children" Synonyms | Synonyms for Secrete: release Related Terms | Find terms related to Secrete: See Also | conceal | exudate | exude | hide | ooze | ooze out | transude | water Secrete In Webster's Dictionary \Se*crete"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Secreted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Secreting}.] [L. secretus separated, secret, hidden,
p. p. of secernere. See {Secret}, and cf. {Discrete},
{Discreet}.]
1. To deposit in a place of hiding; to hide; to conceal; as,
to secrete stolen goods; to secrete one's self.
2. (Physiol.) To separate from the blood and elaborate by the
process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a
secretion. See {Secretion}.
Why one set of cells should secrete bile, another
urea, and so on, we do not known. --Carpenter.
Syn: To conceal; hide. See {Conceal}.
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