SECERNED

Verb

secerned

simple past tense and past participle of secern

Anagrams

• cedrenes, deceners, descreen, recensed, screened

Source: Wiktionary


SECERN

Se*cern", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secerned; p. pr. & vb. n. Secerning.] Etym: [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.)

Definition: To secrete; as, mucus secerned in the nose. Arbuthnot.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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FISSILE

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