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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Secrete \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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
secrete
v : generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete
digestive juices" [syn: {release}]
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