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se⋅cern

  [si-surn]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
–verb (used without object)
2. to become secerned.
Origin:
1620–30; < L sēcernere, equiv. to sē- se- + cernere to sift (cf. discern )

Related forms:
se⋅cern⋅ment, noun
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se·cern   (sĭ-sûrn')   
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.
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