Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To discern as separate; discriminate.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To separate.
- To distinguish.
- In physiology, to secrete.
Wiktionary
- v. To discriminate, distinguish
- v. To secrete
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To separate; to distinguish.
- v. To secrete.
WordNet 3.0
- v. mark as different
Etymologies
- Latin sēcernere, to sever : sē-, apart; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots + cernere, to separate; see krei- in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“Now and again, one of them, flushed with triumph, would secern himself from his troupe, and would 'star' round the country for his livelihood.”
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