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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 se·cern /sɪˈsɝn/
 (vt.)區別(vi.)分開

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Se·cern v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secerned p. pr. & vb. n. Secerning.]
 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; as, mucus secerned in the nose.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 secern
      v : mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
          [syn: distinguish, separate, differentiate, secernate,
           severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart]