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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
sev·er       [sev-er] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
2.to divide into parts, esp. forcibly; cleave.
3.to break off or dissolve (ties, relations, etc.).
4.Law. to divide into parts; disunite (an estate, titles of a statute, etc.).
5.to distinguish; discriminate between.
–verb (used without object)
6.to become separated from each other; become divided into parts.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME severen < MF sev(e)rer to separate]
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
sev·er       (sěv'ər)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   sev·ered, sev·er·ing, sev·ers

v.   tr.
  1. To set or keep apart; divide or separate.
  2. To cut off (a part) from a whole.
  3. To break up (a relationship, for example); dissolve. See Synonyms at separate.

v.   intr.
  1. To become cut or broken apart.
  2. To become separated or divided from each other.


[Middle English severen, from Anglo-Norman severer, from Vulgar Latin *sēperāre, from Latin sēparāre; see separate.]

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
sever 
c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. severer, from O.Fr. sevrer "to separate," from V.L. *seperare, from L. separare "separate" (see separate).

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
sever

verb
1. set or keep apart; "sever a relationship" 
2. cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body" [syn: discerp

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: sev·er
Pronunciation: 'se-v&r
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: sev·ered; sev·er·ing
1 : to end (a joint tenancy) by ending one or all of the unities of time, title, possession, or interest (as by conveying one tenant's interest to another party)
2 : to separate (as a contract) into different parts (as independent obligations) in order to treat each separately
3 a : to try (criminal offenses or defendants) separately in order to avoid prejudice b : to split (a criminal trial) into multiple trials in order to avoid prejudice c : to try (civil claims or issues pleaded in the same case) separately —sev·er·ance /'se-vr&ns, -v&-rens/ noun

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Sever

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

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