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severed
(mass) | severed
- oddelený |
severed
(encz) | severed,oddělený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
severed
(encz) | severed,useknutý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Severed
(gcide) | Sever \Sev"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Severed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Severing.] [OF. sevrer, severer, to separate, F. sevrer to
wean, fr. L. separare. See Separate, and cf. Several.]
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.
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The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked
from among the just. --Matt. xiii.
49.
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2. To cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts; to
cut through; to disjoin; as, to sever the arm or leg.
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Our state can not be severed; we are one. --Milton.
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3. To keep distinct or apart; to except; to exempt.
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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.
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4. (Law) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to
sever an estate in joint tenancy. --Blackstone.
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severed
(wn) | severed
adj 1: detached by cutting; "cut flowers"; "a severed head"; "an
old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her
poor cut-off head under her arm" [syn: severed, {cut
off}] |
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persevered
(mass) | persevered
- zostal |
severed
(mass) | severed
- oddelený |
persevered
(encz) | persevered,setrval v: Zdeněk Brožpersevered,vytrval v: Zdeněk Brožpersevered,zůstal v: Zdeněk Brož |
severed
(encz) | severed,oddělený adj: Zdeněk Brožsevered,useknutý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Dissevered
(gcide) | Dissever \Dis*sev"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissevered; p. pr.
& vb. n. Dissevering.] [OE. dessevrer; pref. des- (L. dis-)
+ sevrer to sever, F. sevrer to wean, L. separate to
separate. In this word the prefix is intensive. See Dis-,
and Sever.]
To part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite;
to separate; to disperse.
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The storm so dissevered the company . . . that most of
therm never met again. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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States disserved, discordant, belligerent. --D.
Webster.
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Persevered
(gcide) | Persevere \Per`se*vere"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Persevered; p.
pr. & vb. n. Persevering.] [F. pers['e]v['e]rer, L.
perseverare, fr. perseverus very strict; per + severus
strict, severe. See Per-, and Severe.]
To persist in any business or enterprise undertaken; to
pursue steadily any project or course begun; to maintain a
purpose in spite of counter influences, opposition, or
discouragement; not to give or abandon what is undertaken.
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Thrice happy, if they know
Their happiness, and persevere upright. --Milton.
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Syn: To Persevere, Continue, Persist.
Usage: The idea of not laying aside is common to these words.
Continue is the generic term, denoting simply to do as
one has done hitherto. To persevere is to continue in
a given course in spite of discouragements, etc., from
a desire to obtain our end. To persist is to continue
from a determination of will not to give up. Persist
is frequently used in a bad sense, implying obstinacy
in pursuing an unworthy aim.
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Undissevered
(gcide) | Undissevered \Undissevered\
See dissevered. |
Unsevered
(gcide) | Unsevered \Unsevered\
See severed. |
severed
(wn) | severed
adj 1: detached by cutting; "cut flowers"; "a severed head"; "an
old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her
poor cut-off head under her arm" [syn: severed, {cut
off}] |
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