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SEV'ER, v.t. [There may be a doubt whether sever is derived from the Latin separo. Heb. Ch. Syr. Ar. to break.]

1. To part or divide by violence; to separate by parting or rending; as, to sever the body or the arm at a single stroke.

2. To part from the rest by violence; as, to sever the head from the body.

3. To separate; to disjoin; as distinct things, but united; as the dearest friends severed by cruel necessity.

4. To separate and put in different places or orders.

The angels shall come forth and sever the wicked from among the just.

Matt.13.

5. To disjoin; to disunite; in a general sense, but usually applying violence.

6. To keep distinct or apart.

7. In law, to disunite; to disconnect; to part possession; as, to sever a state in joint-tenacy.

SEV'ER, v.i.

1. To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.

The Lord will sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt.

Ex. 9.

2. To suffer disjunction; to be parted or rent assunder.



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SEV'ER, v.t. [There may be a doubt whether sever is derived from the Latin separo. Heb. Ch. Syr. Ar. to break.]

1. To part or divide by violence; to separate by parting or rending; as, to sever the body or the arm at a single stroke.

2. To part from the rest by violence; as, to sever the head from the body.

3. To separate; to disjoin; as distinct things, but united; as the dearest friends severed by cruel necessity.

4. To separate and put in different places or orders.

The angels shall come forth and sever the wicked from among the just.

Matt.13.

5. To disjoin; to disunite; in a general sense, but usually applying violence.

6. To keep distinct or apart.

7. In law, to disunite; to disconnect; to part possession; as, to sever a state in joint-tenacy.

SEV'ER, v.i.

1. To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.

The Lord will sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt.

Ex. 9.

2. To suffer disjunction; to be parted or rent assunder.


SEV'ER, v.i.

  1. To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish. The Lord will sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt. – Exod. ix.
  2. To suffer disjunction; to be parted or rent asunder. – Shak.

SEV'ER, v.t. [Fr. sevrer; It. sevrare. There may be a doubt whether sever is derived from the Latin separo. The French has both sevrer, as well as separer; and the Italian, sevrare, scevrare and sceverare, as well as separare. The It. scevrare coincides well in orthography with Eng. shiver; and this with Heb. שבר, Ch. Syr. and Ar. תבר, to break. The latter are the same word with different prefixes. See Class Br, No. 26, 27.]

  1. To part or divide by violence; to separate by cutting or rending; as, to sever the body or the arm at a single stroke.
  2. To part from the rest by violence; as, to sever the head from the body.
  3. To separate; to disjoin, as distinct things, but united; as, the dearest friends severed by cruel necessity.
  4. To separate and put in different orders or places. The angels shall come forth and sever the wicked from among the just. – Matth. xiii.
  5. To disjoin; to disunite; in a general sense, but usually implying violence.
  6. To keep distinct or apart. – Exod. viii.
  7. In law, to disunite; to disconnect; to part possession; as, to sever an estate in joint-tenancy. – Blackstone.

Sev"er
  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 suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate.

    Shak.
  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy.

    Blackstone.
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Sever

SEV'ER, verb transitive [There may be a doubt whether sever is derived from the Latin separo. Heb. Ch. Syr. Ar. to break.]

1. To part or divide by violence; to separate by parting or rending; as, to sever the body or the arm at a single stroke.

2. To part from the rest by violence; as, to sever the head from the body.

3. To separate; to disjoin; as distinct things, but united; as the dearest friends severed by cruel necessity.

4. To separate and put in different places or orders.

The angels shall come forth and sever the wicked from among the just.

Matthew 13:49.

5. To disjoin; to disunite; in a general sense, but usually applying violence.

6. To keep distinct or apart.

7. In law, to disunite; to disconnect; to part possession; as, to sever a state in joint-tenacy.

SEV'ER, verb intransitive

1. To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.

The Lord will sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt.

Exodus 9:4.

2. To suffer disjunction; to be parted or rent assunder.

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1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.

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