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sev⋅er
[sev-er]
–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. |
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sev·er (sěv'ər) v. sev·ered, sev·er·ing, sev·ers v. tr.
[Middle English severen, from Anglo-Norman severer, from Vulgar Latin *sēperāre, from Latin sēparāre; see separate.] |
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