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Webster 1913 Edition

Secern

Se-cern′

,
Verb.
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 1828 Edition

Secern

SECERN'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. secerno; se and cerno, to separate.] In the animal economy, to secrete.
The mucus secerned in the nose--is a laudable humor. Arbuthnot.

Definition 2024

secern

secern

English

Verb

secern ‎(third-person singular simple present secerns, present participle secerning, simple past and past participle secerned)

  1. To discriminate, distinguish
  2. (medicine) To secrete
    • 1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, page 46:
      Further, the joint-glands themselves grow rigid, and secern less of their proper humour.

Synonyms

Etymology

From Latin secerno ‎(“to sever”).

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