Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The process or act of separating or secreting; secretion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol.) The act or process of secreting.
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- noun physiology The act or process of
secreting .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance
- noun the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished
Etymologies
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secern + -ment
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Examples
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Oldish job hunters fright interviews where their age cannot be concealed and where an premier response of depress on an interviewer's present, rapidly secret, affirms their expectancy of secernment.
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