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secrete |
2 definitions found 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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