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excern

Verb CEFR B1
ɪkˈsɜː(ɹ)n

Definitions

excrete; give off

archaic

Examples

“That which is dead, or corrupted; or excerned, hath antipathy with the same thing when it is alive and sound⟳, and with those parts which do excern.”
“An unguent or pap prepared, with an open⟳ vessel to excern it into.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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