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sever (sev′ər)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. to separate; make or become distinct; divide severed from his family by the war
  2. to part or break off, as by cutting or with force; cut in two to sever a cable, to sever all relationship

Etymology: ME severen < OFr sevrer, severer < VL *seperare < L separare, to separate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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