Category:Secrete

Se*crete", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Secreted; p. pr. & vb. n. Secreting.] Etym: [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.)

Defn: 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 known. Carpenter.

Syn. -- to conceal; hide. See conceal.