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.
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