sever

English

Etymology

From Middle English severen, from Old French sevrer, from Latin separāre (“to separate”), from se- (“apart”) + parāre (“provide, arrange”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛv.ɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛvə(ɹ)

Verb

sever (third-person singular simple present severs, present participle severing, simple past and past participle severed)

1. (transitive) To cut free.

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

   to sever the head from the body

   • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Matthew 13:49:

     The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just.

   • 1999, Eminem, Role Model:

     That I just severed the main vein with a chainsaw and I'm in pain?

2. (intransitive) To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.
   • 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :

     No more can I be seuered from your side

   • 1918, Rudyard Kipling, “A Retired Gentleman”, in The Eyes of Asia, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC, page 4:

     How great then was my anguish at being severed from my Regiment after thirty-three years!

3. (intransitive) To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Exodus 9:4:

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

   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 17, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:

     They claimed the right of severing in their challenges.

4. (law) To disconnect; to disunite; to terminate.
   • 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC:

     sever an estate in joint tenancy

Synonyms

• becut
• cut off

Derived terms

• severable
• severally

Related terms

• separate

Translations

Further reading

• “sever”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “sever”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “sever”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• 'verse, -verse, reves, serve, veers, verse

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sevērus.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Balearic) unknown
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Adjective

sever (feminine severa, masculine plural severs, feminine plural severes)

1. strict, severe

Derived terms

• severament

Related terms

• severitat

Further reading

• “sever” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sever”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “sever” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sever” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

sever

Wikipedia ^cs

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěverъ. See also German Schauer, English shower (originally, "cold rain").

Pronunciation

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Noun

sever m inan

1. north

   Antonym: jih

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• sever in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• sever in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• sever in Internetová jazyková příručka

Interlingua

Adjective

sever (comparative plus sever, superlative le plus sever)

1. severe

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *sēfar, from Proto-West Germanic *saifr.

Noun

sêver n

1. drool, saliva

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• sêveren

Descendants

• Dutch: zever
• Limburgish: zeiver

Further reading

• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “sever”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Old Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseːfer/,
• (Late Old Frisian) IPA^(key): /ˈseːwer/,

Noun

sēver m

1. Alternative form of sāver

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sévère, from Latin severus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

sever m or n (feminine singular severă, masculine plural severi, feminine and neuter plural severe)

1. strict

Declension

Related terms

• severitate

Further reading

• sever in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• sjȅver (Ijekavian)
• śȅver (Ekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sêʋer/
• Hyphenation: se‧ver

Noun

sȅver m (Cyrillic spelling се̏вер)

1. (uncountable) north

   Antonym: jȕg

Declension

Related terms

• severni

Slovak

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

sever

Wikipedia ^sk

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

sever m inan (genitive singular severu, nominative plural severy, declension pattern of dub)

1. North

   na sever ― to the north

   na severe ― in the north

   na sever od Ontaria ― (moving) north of Ontario

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• (compass points)

severozápad	sever	severovýchod
západ		východ
juhozápad	juh	juhovýchod

Further reading

• “sever”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

sever

Wikipedia ^sl

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sěverъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sèːʋɛr/

Noun

sẹ́ver m inan

1. north

Inflection

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Derived terms

• séveren

Further reading

• “sever”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Turkish

Verb

sever

1. third-person singular indicative aorist of sevmek