Found 2 items, similar to secern.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: secern secern v : mark as different; “We distinguish several kinds of maple” [syn: distinguish, separate, differentiate, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Secern Secern \Se*cern"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secerned; p. pr. & vb. n. Secerning.] [L. secernere. See Secrete.] 1. To separate; to distinguish. [1913 Webster] Averroes secerns a sense of titillation, and a sense of hunger and thirst. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster] 2. (Physiol.) To secrete; as, mucus secerned in the nose. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]