Secretes

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of secrete form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

    "[…] As a balbal, he preys particularly on sick people because their spirits are most vulnerable at that time. He secretes himself under the house, directly beneath the patient. He particularly likes to feed on human liver, which he attacks invisibly; or, also unseen, he sucks the blood of the patient. […]"

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accumulateamassbacklogbosombottle upburst

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"The pineal gland secretes melatonin."

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