SEVER
\sˈɛvə], \sˈɛvə], \s_ˈɛ_v_ə]\
Definitions of SEVER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
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divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"
By Princeton University
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To cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts; to cut through; to disjoin; as, to sever the arm or leg.
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To keep distinct or apart; to except; to exempt.
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To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy.
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To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate.
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To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
By Oddity Software
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To cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts; to cut through; to disjoin; as, to sever the arm or leg.
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To keep distinct or apart; to except; to exempt.
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To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy.
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To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate.
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To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To separate with violence: to cut apart: to divide: (B.) to keep distinct.
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To make a separation or distinction: to be rent asunder.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
