secernv.

/sɪˈsəːn/

Forms: Also 1600s secerne.

Etymology: < Latin sēcernĕre, < sē- aside (see se- prefix) + cernĕre to separate, distinguish, secrete. In its physiological application (sense 2) the Latin word renders Greek ἀποκρίνειν.

1. transitive. To separate; now only, to separate in thought; to place in a separate category, distinguish, discriminate.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > discern [verb (transitive)] > distinguish, separate

winnowc825

tryc1330

distinguea1340

divide1377

departc1380

devisea1400

sever1426

perceivea1500

deem1530

discern1533

searcec1535

sort1553

to pick outa1555

decern1559

difference1596

distinguisha1616

severalize1645

separate1651

secern1656

run1795

define1807

sequester1841

differentiate1857

divaricate1868

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Secerne, to divide, to lay or separate one from another, to sever, to chuse from among others. Bac.

1657 W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ iii. 148 A local and bodily secerning our selves from evil men.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. §92 187 An Herculean Labour which..few or none will undertake, and yet fewer be able throughout to secern the true from the false.

1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic 102 Whereby the good from ill they might secern.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxvii. 156 Averroes secerns a sense of titillation and a sense of hunger and thirst.

1905 Sat. Rev. 15 Apr. 483 He knows that mimes cannot be utterly secerned from their life of mimicry.

2. Physiology. To separate from the blood; to secrete adj. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > secretory organs > action or process of secreting > secrete [verb (transitive)]

secern1626

separate1692

secrete1707

resecrete1876

1657 W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ Pref. 18 Humors which..being secerned and gathering head [etc.].

1779 C. Cruttwell Advice to Lying-in Women 6 Milk..being secerned.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 139 An unusual proportion of bile is secerned.

1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 1114/1 The secretion of the gland..is simply secerned from the circulating current for a time.

absolute.1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §680 Their Flesh doth assimilate more finely, and secerneth more subtilly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	secern
释义	secernv. /sɪˈsəːn/ Forms: Also 1600s secerne. Etymology: < Latin sēcernĕre, < sē- aside (see se- prefix) + cernĕre to separate, distinguish, secrete. In its physiological application (sense 2) the Latin word renders Greek ἀποκρίνειν. 1. transitive. To separate; now only, to separate in thought; to place in a separate category, distinguish, discriminate. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > discern [verb (transitive)] > distinguish, separate winnowc825 tryc1330 distinguea1340 divide1377 departc1380 devisea1400 sever1426 perceivea1500 deem1530 discern1533 searcec1535 sort1553 to pick outa1555 decern1559 difference1596 distinguisha1616 severalize1645 separate1651 secern1656 run1795 define1807 sequester1841 differentiate1857 divaricate1868 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Secerne, to divide, to lay or separate one from another, to sever, to chuse from among others. Bac. 1657 W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ iii. 148 A local and bodily secerning our selves from evil men. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. iii. §92 187 An Herculean Labour which..few or none will undertake, and yet fewer be able throughout to secern the true from the false. 1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic 102 Whereby the good from ill they might secern. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxvii. 156 Averroes secerns a sense of titillation and a sense of hunger and thirst. 1905 Sat. Rev. 15 Apr. 483 He knows that mimes cannot be utterly secerned from their life of mimicry. 2. Physiology. To separate from the blood; to secrete adj. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > action or process of secreting > secrete [verb (transitive)] secern1626 separate1692 secrete1707 resecrete1876 1657 W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ Pref. 18 Humors which..being secerned and gathering head [etc.]. 1779 C. Cruttwell Advice to Lying-in Women 6 Milk..being secerned. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 139 An unusual proportion of bile is secerned. 1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 1114/1 The secretion of the gland..is simply secerned from the circulating current for a time. absolute.1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §680 Their Flesh doth assimilate more finely, and secerneth more subtilly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.1626
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