Se-çẽrn', v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. SECERNED; p. pr. & vb. n. SECERNING.] [Lat. secernere, from se, aside, and cernere, to separate, sift.] 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. The mucus secerned in the nose ... is a laudable humor. Arbuthnot.