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To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy. Blackstone. (more info) 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,

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To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy. Blackstone. (more info) 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. 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. 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.

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  • SPLIT INFINITIVE
    A simple infinitive with to, having a modifier between the verb and the to; as in, to largely decrease. Called also cleft infinitive.
  • BREAKMAN
    See BRAKEMAN
  • DIVORCEABLE
    Capable of being divorced.
  • BURSTEN
    p. p. of Burst, v. i.
  • BURST
    berstan (pers. sing. berste, imp. sing. bærst, imp. pl. burston, p.p. borsten); akin to D. bersten, G. bersten, OHG. brestan, OS. brestan, 1. To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden
  • DIVIDER
    An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See Compasses. Note: The word dividers is usually applied to the instrument as made for the use of draughtsmen, etc.; compasses to the coarser instrument used by carpenters.
  • BREAKABLE
    Capable of being broken.
  • ALLOTTABLE
    Capable of being allotted.
  • DIVIDEND
    A number or quantity which is to be divided. (more info) 1. A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; -- applied to the profits as appropriated
  • SHIVER-SPAR
    A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; -- called also slate spar.
  • DISSECT
    To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to show their structure and relations; to anatomize. 2. To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism;
  • ALLOTRIOPHAGY
    A depraved appetite; a desire for improper food.
  • DESTROYABLE
    Destructible. Plants . . . scarcely destroyable by the weather. Derham.
  • LACERATE; LACERATED
    Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge. (more info) 1. Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound. By each other's fury lacerate Southey.
  • SPLITFEET
    The Fissipedia.
  • PORTIONIST
    One of the incumbents of a benefice which has two or more rectors or vicars. (more info) 1. A scholar at Merton College, Oxford, who has a certain academical allowance or portion; -- corrupted into postmaster. Shipley.
  • INFRINGER
    One who infringes or violates; a violator. Strype.
  • SHATTER-BRAINED; SHATTER-PATED
    Disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild. J. Goodman.
  • STANDARD
    The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority. By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-two shillings is coined out of one pound weight of silver. Arbuthnot. (more info) extendere to spread out, extend,
  • STANDPOINT
    A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged.
  • DISPROPORTIONALLY
    In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
  • PERSEVERANCE
    Continuance in a state of grace until it is succeeded by a state of glory; sometimes called final perseverance, and the perseverance of the saints. See Calvinism. Syn. -- Persistence; steadfastness; constancy; steadiness; pertinacity. (more info)
  • MAKE AND BREAK
    Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
  • IMPROPORTIONATE
    Not proportionate.
  • LAWBREAKER
    One who disobeys the law; a criminal. -- Law"break`ing, n. & a.
  • DISSHIVER
    To shiver or break in pieces.
  • INSEPARATE
    Not separate; together; united. Shak.
  • DISPROPORTIONABLE
    Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.
  • DISPROPORTIONALITY
    The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.
  • BYSTANDER
    One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey. Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer.
  • PROPORTIONATE
    Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional. Longfellow. What is proportionate to his transgression. Locke.
  • SUNBURST
    A burst of sunlight.

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