v. t.
The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just. Matt. xiii. 49. [ 1913 Webster ]
Our state can not be severed; we are one. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt. Ex. ix. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]
They claimed the right of severing in their challenge. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being severed. Encyc. Dict. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
There was not time enough to hear . . .
The severals. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Several of them neither rose from any conspicuous family, nor left any behind them. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
They had their several for heathen nations, their several for the people of their own nation. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
In several,
a. [ OF., fr. LL. separalis, fr. L. separ separate, different. See Sever, Separate. ]
Each several ship a victory did gain. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Each might his several province well command,
Would all but stoop to what they understand. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Habits and faculties, several, and to be distinguished. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Four several armies to the field are led. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. By itself; severally. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Every kind of thing is laid up several in barns or storehoudses. Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
v. t. To distinguish. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Separately; distinctly; apart from others; individually. [ 1913 Webster ]
There must be an auditor to check and revise each severally by itself. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A state of separation from the rest, or from all others; a holding by individual right. [ 1913 Webster ]
Forests which had never been owned in severalty. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]
Estate in severalty (Law),