sever
English
/ˈsɛv.ɚ/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To cut free.
- (intransitive) To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.
- (intransitive) To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
- (legal) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English severen derived from Old French sevrer derived from Latin separāre (separate).
Origin
Latin
separāre
Gloss
separate
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Cognates and derived terms
- inseverable English
- severability English
- severable English
- severeth English
- unseverable English
- *sēperāre Latin
- *sēperō Latin
- separāre Latin
- sevrer French
- separar Spanish, Castilian
- separar Portuguese
- severen Middle English
- sevrance Old French
- sevrer Old French
- separar Catalan, Valencian
- separar Galician
- sevrai Bourguignon