secern : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: secern	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
secern v mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple" Synonym(s): distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Secern \Se*cern"\, v. 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.