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secern

[ si-surn ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to discriminate or distinguish in thought.


verb (used without object)

  1. to become secerned.

secern

/ ²õɪˈ²õÉœË²Ô /

verb

  1. (of a gland or follicle) to secrete
  2. to distinguish or discriminate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ²õ±ðˈ³¦±ð°ù²Ô³¾±ð²Ô³Ù, noun
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  • ²õ±ð·³¦±ð°ù²Ôm±ð²Ô³Ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of secern1

First recorded in 1620–30; from Latin ²õŧ³¦±ð°ù²Ô±ð°ù±ð, from ²õŧ- se- + cernere “to decide, separate, sift†( discern )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of secern1

C17: from Latin ²õŧ³¦±ð°ù²Ô±ð°ù±ð to separate, from ²õŧ- apart + cernere to distinguish
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Example Sentences

Oxford High School in Michigan is planning for a "slow reopening" by the end of January following a school shooting that killed four students and left secern other individuals injured.

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At the risk of coming off as condescending, the built-in fanbase for superhero movies have never shown themselves to be particularly secerning.

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The act of secerning; the act of producing from the blood substances different front the blood itself, as bile, saliva.

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Fourthly, the secerning vessels become affected by the general diminution of sensorial power; whence all the secreted fluids are produced in less quantity.

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The Circle secerned from the Square; and its area gauged in terms of a triangle common to both.

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