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SECRETE
secrete, release
(verb) generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; “secrete digestive juices”; “release a hormone into the blood stream”
secrete
(verb) place out of sight; keep secret; “The money was secreted from his children”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
secrete (not comparable)
(obsolete, rare) separated
Etymology 2
Verb
secrete (third-person singular simple present secretes, present participle secreting, simple past and past participle secreted)
(physiology, transitive, of organs, glands, etc.) To extract a substance from blood, sap, or similar to produce and emit waste for excretion or for the fulfilling of a physiological function.
(transitive, figurative) To exude or yield.
Etymology 3
Verb
secrete (third-person singular simple present secretes, present participle secreting, simple past and past participle secreted)
(transitive) To conceal.
Usage notes
• The present participle and past forms secreting and secreted are heteronymous with the corresponding forms of the similar verb secret, and this can create ambiguity when the word is encountered in print.
Anagrams
• Treeces
Source: Wiktionary
Se*crete", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secreted; p. pr. & vb. n. Secreting.] Etym: [L. secretus separated, secret, hidden, p. p. of secernere. See Secret, and cf. Discrete, Discreet.]
1. To deposit in a place of hiding; to hide; to conceal; as, to secrete stolen goods; to secrete one's self.
2. (Physiol.)
Definition: To separate from the blood and elaborate by the process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a secretion. See Secretion. Why one set of cells should secrete bile, another urea, and so on, we do not known. Carpenter.
Syn.
– To conceal; hide. See Conceal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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