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verb

Sever v. t. (past & past part. severed; pres. part. severing)

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."

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."

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."

4.

(Law) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy.

Sever v. i.

1.

To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate.

2.

To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish. "The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt." "They claimed the right of severing in their challenge."

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Etymology of 'Severing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Severing" Quotes from Famous Books

... was now compelled to leave his ship by an illness which never allowed him to resume the active pursuit of his profession. The transfer of the command appears to have been made in the harbor of Rio Janeiro. In severing his connection with the Delaware, with his new rank, Farragut felt that he had parted finally with the subordinate duties of his calling; and, as rarely happens, he passed directly from the active exercise of the lower position to fill the higher. His journal records the fact with a characteristic ...

— Admiral Farragut • A. T. Mahan

... just grazing out from the river, their front a mile wide, making a pretty picture with the Yellowstone in the background. But as I sat my horse and in retrospect reviewed my connection with the cattle before me and the prospect of soon severing it, my remuda came over a near-by hill in a swinging trot for their second drink. Levering threw them into the river below the herd, and turning, galloped up to me and breathlessly asked: "Tom, did ...

— The Outlet • Andy Adams

... back her left leg. The only thing which prevents this safety arrangement from being absolutely perfect, is the liability the leather has of falling out of the bar and becoming lost, in the event of the rider severing her connection with the saddle, in which case the retaining action of the flap ...

— The Horsewoman - A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. • Alice M. Hayes

... up to the captive, bent over, and with considerable sawing, for the knife she had with her was a dull case knife, succeeded in severing the rope, and Kit was able to rise and stand upon his feet. It was a perfect luxury to feel himself once more ...

— The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus • Horatio Alger Jr.

... before the dress rehearsal in Atlantic City on Monday night, because the cast of a play are, after all, so many human beings, who have to be given at least a day for such animal functions as packing trunks, closing apartments, dodging creditors, and severing home ties, and he carried her off to the country with the intention of having her all to himself for dinner at a little inn up Westchester way. After they had started in that direction and were flying behind Valentine along sun-gilded country lanes, he changed his mind, changed the road slightly, ...

— Blue-grass and Broadway • Maria Thompson Daviess

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