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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SECERN', v.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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple" [syn: distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Etymology: Latin secernere to separate — more at secret Date: 1604 to discriminate in thought ; distinguish

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.