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Sever

Sever Meaning & Definition
Sever Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sever?

[v] cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"
[v] set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Sever: lop

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See Also | cut | disunite | divide | part | separate

Sever In Webster's Dictionary

\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.
\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.

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