The Collaborative International Dictionary
Secerning
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.