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secrete

sec·rete

UK/sɪˈkɹiːt/ US/səˈkɹiːt/ rare archaic obsolete rare

verb

1.

generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids

  • “secrete digestive juices”
  • “release a hormone into the blood stream”
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2.

place out of sight; keep secret

  • “The money was secreted from his children”

Origin

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.

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