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Sever

//ˈsɛv.ɚ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To cut free. transitive

    "After he graduated, he severed all links to his family."

  2. 2
    cut off from a whole wordnet
  3. 3
    To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated. intransitive

    "No more can I be seuered from your side"

  4. 4
    set or keep apart wordnet
  5. 5
    To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish. intransitive

    "The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt."

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  1. 6
    To disconnect; to disunite; to terminate.

    "sever an estate in joint tenancy"

Etymology

From Middle English severen, from Old French sevrer, from Latin separāre (“to separate”), from se- (“apart”) + parāre (“provide, arrange”). Doublet of separate, from the past participle of that Latin verb.

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