secern

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin secerno (“to sever”).

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

• secernate

Anagrams

• Screen, censer, scener, scerne, screen