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sev⋅er

  [sev-er]
Use severed in a Sentence
–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
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sev·er   (sěv'ər)   
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.]
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