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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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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WordNet secern
v : mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
[syn: distinguish, separate, differentiate, secernate,
severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart]