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secern |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Secern \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: secern v : mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple" [syn: {distinguish}, {separate}, {differentiate}, {secernate}, {severalize}, {tell}, {tell apart}]
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