secrete
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secrete¹
- /sɪˈkɹiːt/
- /səˈkɹiːt/
Rhymes with -iːt
Where it comes from
First attested in 1678: from Latin sēcrētus (“[having been] separated”).
adjective
- Separated; discrete. […] they ſuppoſing Two other Divine Hypoſtaſes Superiour thereunto, which were perfectly Secrete from Matter. […] This ſo containeth all things, as not being yet ſecrete and diſtinct; whereas in the Second they are diſcerned and diſtinguiſhed by Reaſon; that is, they are Actually diſtinguiſhed in th
secrete²
- /sɪˈkɹiːt/
- /səˈkɹiːt/
Rhymes with -iːt
Where it comes from
First directly attested in 1728; attested as the past-participial adjective secreted in 1707: from Latin sēcrētus, perfect passive participle of sēcernō (“to separate”); reinforced by back-formation from secretion; compare secern; cognate with French sécréter and the Spanish secretar.
verb secretes · secreting · secreted
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To extract a substance from blood, sap, or similar to produce and emit waste for excretion or for the fulfilling of a physiological function.
Why one set of cells should secrete bile, another urea, and so on, we do not know.
Similar: secern
- To exude or yield. If you won’t believe my great new doctrine (which, by the bye, is as old as the Greeks), that souls secrete their bodies, as snails do shells, you will remain in outer darkness.
secrete³
- /sɪˈkɹiːt/
- /səˈkɹiːt/
Rhymes with -iːt
Where it comes from
Alteration of secret.
verb secretes · secreting · secreted
- To conceal. With those words the passenger opened the coach-door and got in; not at all assisted by his fellow-passengers, who had expeditiously secreted their watches and purses in their boots, and were now making a general pretence of being asleep.
adjective more secrete · most secrete
- Archaic form of secret a secrete breach, a secrete bed (Spenser)
Translations
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verb (''transitive'') produce by secretion
| Español | secretar, segregar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 분비하다 bunbihada |
| 日本語 | 分泌する bunpitsu-suru |
| 中文 | 分泌 fēnmì |
| हिन्दी | स्राव srāv |
| Português | secretar |
| Français | sécréter, excréter |
| Deutsch | ausscheiden, aussondern, absondern, sezernieren |
| Ελληνικά | κρύβω krývo, καταχωνιάζω katachoniázo, εκκρίνω ekkríno |
| Română | secreta |
| Русский | выделя́ть vydeljátʹ, вы́делить výdelitʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | tiết |
| العربية | أَفْرَزَ ʔafraza |
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title = {secrete},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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