secrete Copy link Outline I. To hideII. Physiol. t. t.; to separate • secrete: I. To hide: abdo, abscondo, etc.: v. to hide. II. Physiol. t. t.; to separate: perh. *secrēto, 1 (freq. of secerno): which, though without authority, seems necessary as t. t.: or simply, sēcerno: v. to separate.