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severs

severs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sever.

Meaning of sever

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.
    Synonyms:
    hew
  2. (intransitive) To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.
    • No more can I be seuered from your side1591 (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[ward]...
  3. (intransitive) To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
    • The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 9:4
  4. To disconnect; to disunite; to terminate.
    • sever an estate in joint tenancy1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC

Questions about severs

What is severs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Severs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sever.

Words near severs in the dictionary

  1. Severnsider
  2. Severnsiders
  3. Severny
  4. Severodonetsk
  5. Severodvinsk
  6. severs
  7. Seversky Donets
  8. Severson
  9. Seversons
  10. Severt
  11. Severtok

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