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sever |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sever \Sev"er\, v. t. [imp. &. p. p. {Severed}; p. pr & vb n. {Severing}.] [OF. sevrer, severer, to separate, F. sevrer to wean, fr L. separare. See {Separate}, and cf {Several}.] 1. To separate, as one from another; to cut off from something to divide; to part in any way especially by violence, as by cutting, rending, etc.; as to sever the head from the body. The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just --Matt. xiii. 49. 2. To cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts to cut through to disjoin; as to sever the arm or leg. Our state can not be severed; we are one --Milton. 3. To keep distinct or apart; to except; to exempt. I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there --Ex. viii. 22. 4. (Law) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as to sever an estate in joint tenancy. --Blackstone. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sever \Sev"er\, v. i. 1. To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part to separate. --Shak. 2. To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish. The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt. --Ex. ix 4. They claimed the right of severing in their challenge. --Macaulay. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sever v 1: set or keep apart; "sever a reatlionship" [syn: {break up}] 2: cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body" [syn: {lop}]
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