sever

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  1. transitive verb To set or keep apart; divide or separate.
  2. transitive verb To cut off (a part) from a whole.
  3. transitive verb To break up (a relationship, for example); dissolve. See Synonyms at separate.
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  • During the voyage an attachment was formed between Mr. Loveless and Miss Farquharson which death only could sever, and introduced her to scenes of usefulness for more than thirty years, for which she was eminently qualified by early training. —  The Power of Faith
  • Of all the dangers our country faces the most sever is our out of control legal system. —  Scobleizer
  • According to the motion to sever, there were statements made by Bartolome in court documents that implicated Verdera. —  guampdn.com - Local News
  • For projects that have been formally approved and initiated as of January 3, 2004, Textron expects to incur approximately $42 million in additional sever - ance costs, $15 million in other associated costs and $4 million in contract termination costs. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • I'm suspecting sever issues but not sure at this point. —  ColdFusion Talk (CF-Talk) Mailing List RSS Feed
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English severen, from Anglo-Norman severer, from Vulgar Latin *sēperāre, from Latin sēparāre; see separate.

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  1. from Middle English severen, from Old French (and F.) sevrer, also later separer, P. séparer = Provencal sebrar = Spanish Portuguese separar = Italian severare, sevrare, also separare, from Latin separare, separate: see separate, of which sever is a doublet, without the suffix.
 

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