Sever

·vi To make a separation or distinction; to Distinguish.

II. Sever ·vt To keep distinct or apart; to Except; to Exempt.

III. Sever ·vt To cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts; to cut through; to Disjoin; as, to sever the arm or leg.

IV. Sever ·vi To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to Part; to Separate.

V. Sever ·vt To Disunite; to Disconnect; to Terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy.

VI. Sever ·vt 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.