'Secern' definitions:
Definition of 'secern'
From: WordNet
verb
Mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple" [syn: distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart]
Definition of 'Secern'
From: GCIDE
- Secern \Se*cern"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secerned; p. pr. & vb. n. Secerning.] [L. secernere. See Secrete.]
- 1. To separate; to distinguish. [1913 Webster]
- Averroes secerns a sense of titillation, and a sense of hunger and thirst. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Physiol.) To secrete; as, mucus secerned in the nose. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]