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Meaning
Verb
●
To
separate
or
set apart
(someone
or something
from other
persons
or things).
●
To
separate
(something from other things) in the
mind
; to
discriminate
, to distinguish.
●
In Physiology:
Synonym of
secrete
(“to
extract
or
separate
(a
substance
) from the blood, etc; for
excretion
or for the
fulfilling
of a
physiological
function”)
●
Of a person or
thing
: to become
separated
from others.
●
In Physiology:
To
secrete
a substance.
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Origin
secern
English
secerno
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Differentiate
Discern
Secrete
Secernate
Set Apart
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