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Discriminate
Answer for the clue "Discriminate ", 6 letters:
secern
Word definitions for secern in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple" [syn: distinguish , separate , differentiate , secernate , severalize , severalise , tell , tell apart ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 To discriminate, distinguish 2 (context medicine English) To secrete
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Secern \Se*cern"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secerned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Secerning .] [L. secernere. See Secrete .] To separate; to distinguish. Averroes secerns a sense of titillation, and a sense of hunger and thirst. --Sir W. Hamilton. (Physiol.) To secrete; ...
Usage examples of secern.
And with the passing of the sleet, an immense silence secerned to brood over us, as though we had drifted into a vacuum.