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Audio Help [si-surn] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to discriminate or distinguish in thought. |
| 2. | to become secerned. |
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Secern
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tr.v. se·cerned, se·cern·ing, se·cerns To discern as separate; discriminate. [Latin sēcernere, to sever : sē-, apart; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots + cernere, to separate; see krei- in Indo-European roots.] se·cern'ment n. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
| secern | |
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| mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple" [syn: distinguish] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
Secern
Se*cern"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secerned; p. pr. & vb. n. Secerning.] [L. secernere. See Secrete.]1. To separate; to distinguish. Averroes secerns a sense of titillation, and a sense of hunger and thirst. --Sir W. Hamilton. 2. (Physiol.) To secrete; as, mucus secerned in the nose. --Arbuthnot.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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