Secern

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Secern \Se*cern"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Secerned}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Secerning}.] [L. secernere. See {Secrete}.]
     1. To separate; to distinguish.
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              Averroes secerns a sense of titillation, and a sense


              of hunger and thirst.                 --Sir W.
                                                    Hamilton.
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     2. (Physiol.) To secrete; as, mucus secerned in the nose.
        --Arbuthnot.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  secern
       v : mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
           [syn: {distinguish}, {separate}, {differentiate}, {secernate},
            {severalize}, {severalise}, {tell}, {tell apart}]