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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Secern \Se*cern"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secerned; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Secerning.] [L. secernere. See Secrete.]
     1. To separate; to distinguish.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Averroes secerns a sense of titillation, and a sense
              of hunger and thirst.                 --Sir W.
                                                    Hamilton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Physiol.) To secrete; as, mucus secerned in the nose.
        --Arbuthnot.
        [1913 Webster]

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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

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

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  secern
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive)
     2 # (lb en archaic) To separate#Verb or set apart (someone or
  something from other person#Noun or things).
     3 # (lb en by extension) To separate (something from other things) in
  the mind#Noun; to discriminate#Verb, to distinguish.
     4 # (lb en physiology archaic) (synonym of en secrete t=to
  extract#Verb extract or separate (a substance#Noun substance) from the
  blood#Noun blood, etc., for excretion or for the fulfilling of a
  physiological function#Noun function)
     5 (lb en intransitive)
     6 # Of a person or thing: to become separated#Adjective from others.
     7 # (lb en physiology rare) To secrete a substance.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  secern
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive)
     2 # (lb en archaic) To separate#Verb or set apart (someone or
  something from other person#Noun or things).
     3 # (lb en by extension) To separate (something from other things) in
  the mind#Noun; to discriminate#Verb, to distinguish.
     4 # (lb en physiology archaic) (synonym of en secrete t=to
  extract#Verb extract or separate (a substance#Noun substance) from the
  blood#Noun blood, etc., for excretion or for the fulfilling of a
  physiological function#Noun function)
     5 (lb en intransitive)
     6 # Of a person or thing: to become separated#Adjective from others.
     7 # (lb en physiology rare) To secrete a substance.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  secern
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive)
     2 # (lb en archaic) To separate#Verb or set apart (someone or
  something from other person#Noun or things).
     3 # (lb en by extension) To separate (something from other things) in
  the mind#Noun; to discriminate#Verb, to distinguish.
     4 # (lb en physiology archaic) (synonym of en secrete t=to
  extract#Verb extract or separate (a substance#Noun substance) from the
  blood#Noun blood, etc., for excretion or for the fulfilling of a
  physiological function#Noun function)
     5 (lb en intransitive)
     6 # Of a person or thing: to become separated#Adjective from others.
     7 # (lb en physiology rare) To secrete a substance.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  secern
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive)
     2 # (lb en archaic) To separate#Verb or set apart (someone or
  something from other person#Noun or things).
     3 # (lb en by extension) To separate (something from other things) in
  the mind#Noun; to discriminate#Verb, to distinguish.
     4 # (lb en physiology archaic) (synonym of en secrete t=to
  extract#Verb extract or separate (a substance#Noun substance) from the
  blood#Noun blood, etc., for excretion or for the fulfilling of a
  physiological function#Noun function)
     5 (lb en intransitive)
     6 # Of a person or thing: to become separated#Adjective from others.
     7 # (lb en physiology rare) To secrete a substance.

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  secern /sˈɛsɜːn/
  rozlišovat

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  secern //sə-// //səˈsɝn// //sɪˈsɜːn// 
  erkaantua, erota
  of a person or thing: to become separated from others

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  secern /sˈɛsɜːn/
  1. ayırt etmek, tefrik etmek
  2. tb. ifraz etmek.

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 区别;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 区别
     vi. 分开

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