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Entry 6 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Sever

/sĕv'-ẽr/ · Sev·er · IPA /ˈsɛv.ɚ/
01 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,…
imp. & p. p. Severed; p. pr. & vb. n. Severing
  1. 1.
    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.
    “The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just.” — Matt. xiii. 49.
  2. 2.
    To cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts; to cut through; to disjoin; as, to sever the arm or leg.
    “Our state can not be severed; we are one.” — Milton.
  3. 3.
    To keep distinct or apart; to except; to exempt.
    “I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there.” — Ex. viii. 22.
  4. 4.
    To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy.(Law)
02 v. i. To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate.
  1. 1.
    To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate.
  2. 2.
    To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
    “The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt.” — Ex. ix. 4.
    “They claimed the right of severing in their challenge.” — Macaulay.