secernate

Other forms of secernate

past tense

secernated·

present participle

secernating·

third person

secernates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about secernate

What does secernate mean?

secernate means "mark as different".

How many syllables are in secernate?

secernate has 3 syllables: se-cer-nate. The stress falls on "se".

What is another word for secernate?

Close synonyms include distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, severalize. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is secernate a common word?

secernate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.