What does secern mean?

Definitions for secern
sɪˈsɜrnse·cern

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apartverb

    mark as different

    "We distinguish several kinds of maple"

Wiktionary

  1. secernverb

    To discriminate, distinguish

  2. secernverb

    To secrete

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Secernverb

    To separate finer from grosser matter; to make the separation of substances in the body.

    Etymology: secerno, Latin.

    Birds are commonly better meat than beasts, because their flesh doth assimilate more finely, and secerneth more subtilly. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

    The pituite or mucus secerned in the nose and windpipe, is not an excrementitious but a laudable humour, necessary for defending those parts, from which it is secerned, from excoriations. Arbuthnot.

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  1. secern

    Secern is a verb that means to separate or distinguish from something else. It can also refer to the act of secluding or dividing, especially in a biological context, such as the secretion of enzymes or hormones.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Secernverb

    to separate; to distinguish

  2. Secernverb

    to secrete; as, mucus secerned in the nose

  3. Etymology: [L. secernere. See Secrete.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Secern

    sē-sern′, v.i. and v.t. to separate: to distinguish: to secrete.—adj. Secer′nent.—n. Secern′ment. [L. secernĕre, secretum, to separate.]

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  1. censer

  2. screen

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of secern in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of secern in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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