Secernent (2)
Se‐cern″ent, n. 1. That which promotes secretion.2. (Anat.) A vessel in, or by means of, which the process of secretion takes place; a secreting vessel.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Secernment
Se‐cern″ment (?), n.(Physiol.) The act or process of secreting.
Secess
Se‐cess″ (sē̍‐sĕs″), n. [L. secessus. See Secede.] Retirement; retreat; secession. Dr. H. More.
Secession
Se‐ces″sion (sē̍‐sĕsh″ŭn), n. [L. secessio: cf. F. sécession. See Secede.] 1. The act of seceding; separation from fellowship or association with others, as in a religious or po...
Secessionism
Se‐ces″sion‐ism (?), n. The doctrine or policy of secession; the tenets of secession; the tenets of secessionists.
Secessionist
Se‐ces″sion‐ist, n. 1. One who upholds secession.2. (U.S. Hist.) One who holds to the belief that a State has the right to separate from the Union at its will.
Seche
Seche (?), v. t. & i. To seek. Chaucer.
Sechium
Se″chi‐um (?), n. [NL.: cf. F. séchion; perhaps formed fr. Gr. � cucumber.] (Bot.) The edible fruit of a West Indian plant (Sechium edule) of the Gourd family. It is soft, pear-...
Seck
Seck (?), a. [F. sec, properly, dry, L. siccus.] Barren; unprofitable. See Rent seck, under Rent.
Seckel
Seck″el (?), n.(Bot.) A small reddish brown sweet and juicy pear. It originated on a farm near Philadelphia, afterwards owned by a Mr. Seckel.
Secle
Se″cle (?), n. [L. saeculum: cf. F. siècle. See Secular.] A century. Hammond.
Seclude
Se‐clude (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Secluded; p. pr. & vb. n.Secluding.] [L. secludere, seclusum; pref. se- aside + claudere to shut. See Close, v. t.] 1. To shut up apart from oth...
Seclusion
Se‐clu″sion (?), n. [See Seclude.] The act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; separation from society or connection; a withdrawing; privacy; as, to live in seclusion....
Seclusive
Se‐clu″sive (?), a. Tending to seclude; keeping in seclusion; secluding; sequestering.
Second
Sec″ond (?), a. [F., fr. L. secundus second, properly, following, fr. sequi to follow. See Sue to follow, and cf. Secund.] 1. Immediately following the first; next to the first ...
Second (2)
Sec″ond (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, follows, or comes after; one next and inferior in place, time, rank, importance, excellence, or power.ManAn angel's second, nor his se...
Second (3)
Sec″ond, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Seconded; p. pr. & vb. n.Seconding.] [Cf. F. seconder, L. secundare, from secundus. See Second, a.] 1. To follow in the next place; to succeed; to al...
Second-class
Sec″ond–class′ (?), a. Of the rank or degree below the best or highest; inferior; second-rate; as, a second-class house; a second-class passage.
Second-rate
Sec″ond–rate′ (?), a. Of the second size, rank, quality, or value; as, a second-rate ship; second-rate cloth; a second-rate champion. Dryden.
Second-sight
Sec″ond–sight′ (?), n. The power of discerning what is not visible to the physical eye, or of foreseeing future events, esp. such as are of a disastrous kind; the capacity of a ...
Second-sighted
Sec″ond–sight′ed, a. Having the power of second-sight. Addison.
Secondarily
Sec″ond‐a‐ri‐ly (?), adv. 1. In a secondary manner or degree.2. Secondly; in the second place.God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teac...
Secondariness
Sec″ond‐a‐ri‐ness, n. The state of being secondary.Full of a girl's sweet sense of secondariness to the object of her love. Mrs. Oliphant.
Secondary
Sec″ond‐a‐ry (?), a. [Cf. F. secondaire, L. secundaire. See Second, a.] 1. Succeeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; ...
Secondary (2)
Sec″ond‐a‐ry (?), n.; pl.Secondaries (�). 1. One who occupies a subordinate, inferior, or auxiliary place; a delegate or deputy; one who is second or next to the chief officer; ...
Seconder
Sec″ond‐er (?), n. One who seconds or supports what another attempts, affirms, moves, or proposes; as, the seconder of an enterprise or of a motion.
Secondhand
Sec″ond‐hand′ (?), a. 1. Not original or primary; received from another.They have but a secondhand or implicit knowledge. Locke.2. Not new; already or previously possessed or us...