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secrete

  • verb
  • sĭkrētʹ

To extract a substance from blood, sap, or similar to produce and emit waste for excretion or for the fulfilling of a physiological function.

Other meanings

  1. To exude or yield.

Word history

From Latin "sēcrētus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “secrete” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.