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Webster 1913 Edition

Secrete

Se-crete′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Secreted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Secreting
.]
[L.
secretus
separated, secret, hidden, p. p. of
secernere
. See
Secret
, and cf.
Discrete
,
Discreet
.]
1.
To deposit in a place of hiding; to hide; to conceal;
as, to
secrete
stolen goods; to
secrete
one’s self
.
2.
(Physiol.)
To separate from the blood and elaborate by the process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a secretion. See
Secretion
.
Why one set of cells should
secrete
bile, another urea, and so on, we do not know.
Carpenter.
Syn. – To conceal; hide. See
Conceal
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Secrete

SECRE'TE

, v.t.
1. To hide; to conceal; to remove from observation or the knowledge of others; as to secrete stolen goods.
2. To secrete one's self; to retire from notice into a private place; to abscend.
3. In the animal economy, to produce from the blood substances different from the blood itself, or from any of its constituents; as the glands. The liver secretes bile; the salivary glands secrete saliva.

Definition 2024

sécrète

sécrète

French

Verb

sécrète

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sécréter
  2. third-person singular present indicative of sécréter
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of sécréter
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of sécréter
  5. second-person singular imperative of sécréter

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /se.kʁɛt/

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