Dictionary entry

Secern

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.