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Definition of Secern
1. Verb. Mark as different. "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
Specialized synonyms: Know, Discriminate, Know Apart, Label, Label, Sex, Individualise, Individualize, Contrast, Severalise, Severalize, Contradistinguish, Decouple, Dissociate, Demarcate, Discriminate, Separate, Single Out, Stratify
Generic synonyms: Identify, Place
Entails: Compare
Derivative terms: Difference, Difference, Differentiation, Differentiator, Distinction
Definition of Secern
1. v. t. To separate; to distinguish.
Definition of Secern
1. Verb. To discriminate, distinguish ¹
2. Verb. (medicine) To secrete ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Secern
1. to discern as separate [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Secern
1.
1. To separate; to distinguish. "Averroes secerns a sense of titillation, and a sense of hunger and thirst." (Sir W. Hamilton)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Secern
Literary usage of Secern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A concise Anglo-Saxon dictionary for the use of students by John R. Clark Hall (1916)
"... secern lead astray : hinder, ... -»secern n. nut, mast of trees, JE (i2) : 'acorn'
... secern tures, revelation : marriage, JE : (lawful) ..."
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