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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
sever .
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Examples
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Gharib hath with him the enchanted sword of Japhet son of Noah, and whomsoever he smiteth therewith he severeth him in sunder, and with him also are two Marids from Mount Caucasus, given to him by King
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On the east part our west ocean, and on the north side the sea that severeth it from Greenland, through which northern seas the passage lieth, which I take now in hand to discover.
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Vandin said, 'It is with thy sharpened axe, O monarch, that even Yama severeth the heads of foes.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Whereas, failing in her first duty, she hath by that failure failed in all; for whoso, clinging to a rope, severeth it above his hands, must fall; it being no defense to claim that the rest of the rope is sound, neither any deliverance from his peril, as he shall find.
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Whereas, failing in her first duty, she hath by that failure failed in all; for whoso, clinging to a rope, severeth it above his hands, must fall; it being no defense to claim that the rest of the rope is sound, neither any deliverance from his peril, as he shall find.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 5. Mark Twain 1872
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Whereas, failing in her first duty, she hath by that failure failed in all; for whoso, clinging to a rope, severeth it above his hands, must fall; it being no defense to claim that the rest of the rope is sound, neither any deliverance from his peril, as he shall find.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Mark Twain 1872
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Noah, and whomsoever he smiteth therewith he severeth him in sunder, and with him also are two Marids from Mount Caucasus, given to him by King Mura'ash.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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On the east part our west ocean, and on the north side the sea that severeth it from Greenland, through which northern seas the passage lieth, which I take now in hand to discover.
Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage Richard Hakluyt 1584
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"It is with thy sharpened axe, O monarch, that even Yama severeth the heads of foes.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Vana Parva, Part 1 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Lord, the time is ripe and hath come,’ and who severeth himself from all that is.
A Traveler’s Narrative 1844-1921 `Abdu'l-Bah�� 1882
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