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secrete
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secrete as in:  secrete digestive juices

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  • The plant’s roots secrete chemicals into the soil to protect against insects.
  • It happened in response to a warning alleo-chemical secreted by the trees that were under attack.  (source)
    secreted = produced and discharged
  • My biology textbook said that dogs can smell fear because of a chemical secreted by human glands in a state of duress, the same chemical a dog's prey secretes.  (source)
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  • That rocky, misty summit, secreted in the clouds, was far more thrillingly awful and sublime than the crater of a volcano spouting fire.†  (source)
  • I would like to take some small thing, the scrolled ashtray, the little silver pillbox from the mantel perhaps, or a dried flower: hide it in the folds ofmy dress or in my zippered sleeve, keep it there until this evening is over, secrete it in my room, under the bed, or in a shoe, or in a slit in the hard petit point FAITH cushion.†  (source)
  • That's because semen has a higher viral load than vaginal secretions do, and because women have more mucous membranes exposed during sex than men.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.
  • He began stealing shorter lengths of rope, secreting them away, then tying them together with his strongest Boy Scout knots.†  (source)
  • Both were heavy, and both were handled with a gentle secretion of sweat.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
  • Vampyre saliva also secretes endorphins during blood drinking, which stimulate the pleasure zones of the brain, human and vampyre, and can actually simulate orgasm.†  (source)
  • He now had little doubt that four terrified cardinals had been secreted through here earlier.†  (source)
  • Before the entire building froze, they managed to secrete the ymbrynes out through the roof.†  (source)
  • The contraction of the vas and the seminal vesicles mixing with prostatic secretions—†  (source)
  • Every space is filled with life: delicate, poisonous frogs war-painted like skeletons, clutched in copulation, secreting their precious eggs onto dripping leaves.†  (source)
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