se·cern
P

Pronunciation Key (s-sūrn)
tr.v. se·cerned, se·cern·ing, se·cerns

To discern as separate; discriminate.



[Latin scernere, to sever : s-, apart; see s(w)e- in Indo-European Roots + cernere, to
separate; see krei- in Indo-European Roots.]

se·cernment n.


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secernment

\Se*cern"ment\, n. (Physiol.) The act or process of secreting.


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


secernment

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