secern Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb mark as different
    secernate; severalise; separate; severalize; tell apart; differentiate; distinguish; tell.
    • We distinguish several kinds of maple

WordNet

Se*cern" transitive verb
Etymology
L. secernere. See Secrete.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Secerned ; present participle & verbal noun Secerning
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913