Secern Definition

sĭ-sûrn
secern
verb
To discriminate, or distinguish.
To secern good from evil.
Webster's New World

(medicine) To secrete.

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Origin of Secern

  • Latin sēcernere to sever sē- apart s(w)e- in Indo-European roots cernere to separate krei- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin secerno (“to sever").

    From Wiktionary

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