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cernō — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • sift verb To pass a dry substance through a sieve to remove lumps or separate fine from coarse.

Senses

cernō is used for these senses in English:

  • sift (transitive) To examine (something) carefully.

sift — full definition

  1. verb To pass a dry substance through a sieve to remove lumps or separate fine from coarse.
  2. verb To examine something closely and methodically, especially to separate what matters from what doesn't.

Related Latin words