Lectionary Calendar
Friday, May 3rd, 2024
the Fifth Week after Easter
Attention!
We are taking food to Ukrainians still living near the front lines. You can help by getting your church involved.
Click to donate today!

Bible Dictionaries
Sever

Webster's Dictionary

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Prev Entry
Seventy-Four
Next Entry
Severable
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links

(1):

(v. t.) 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.

(2):

(v. t.) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy.

(3):

(v. i.) To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate.

(4):

(v. t.) To keep distinct or apart; to except; to exempt.

(5):

(v. t.) To cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts; to cut through; to disjoin; as, to sever the arm or leg.

(6):

(v. i.) To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sever'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/sever.html. 1828.
adsFree icon
Ads FreeProfile