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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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Sever

Sever (sever)
v. t.(?)
Sev"er
[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. Sev
  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. To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy.
    Blackstone.

Sever

Sever (sever)
v. i.
Sev"er
  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.














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