SEVERS
Verb
severs
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sever
Anagrams
• 'verses, Esvres, Sèvres, serves, verses
Source: Wiktionary
SEVER
Sev"er, v. t. [imp. &. p. p. Severed; p. pr. & vb. n. Severing.]
Etym: [OF. sevrer, severer, to separate, F. sevrer to wean, fr. L.
separare. See Separate, and cf. Several.]
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 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.
3. 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.
4. (Law)
Definition: To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an
estate in joint tenancy. Blackstone.
Sev"er, v. i.
1. To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be
separated; to part; to separate. Shak.
2. 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition