Category:Sever

Sev"er, v. t. [imp. &. p. p. Severed; p. pr. & vb. n. Severing.] Etym: [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)

Defn: to disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an Estate in joint tenancy. Blackstone.

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.