Crossword clues for secern
secern
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Secern
Secern \Se*cern"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secerned; p. pr. & vb. n. Secerning.] [L. secernere. See Secrete.]
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To separate; to distinguish.
Averroes secerns a sense of titillation, and a sense of hunger and thirst.
--Sir W. Hamilton. (Physiol.) To secrete; as, mucus secerned in the nose.
--Arbuthnot.
Wiktionary
secern
vb. 1 To discriminate, distinguish 2 (context medicine English) To secrete
WordNet
secern
v. mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple" [syn: distinguish, separate, differentiate, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart]
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.