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verb (used with object)

to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.

to divide into parts, especially forcibly; cleave.

to break off or dissolve (ties, relations, etc.).

Law. to divide into parts; disunite (an estate, titles of a statute, etc.).

to distinguish; discriminate between.

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verb (used without object)

to become separated from each other; become divided into parts.

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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English severen < Middle French sev(e)rer to separate

Related forms

half-sev·ered, adjective

un·sev·ered, adjective

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sever (ˈsɛvə)

—vb
1.	to put or be put apart; separate
2.	to divide or be divided into parts
3.	(tr) to break off or dissolve (a tie, relationship, etc)

[C14 severen, from Old French severer, from Latin sēparāre to separate]

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sever

c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. severer, from O.Fr. sevrer "to separate," from V.L. *seperare, from L. separare "separate" (see separate).

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