severv. t.[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.()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.)4. (Law) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy.(Blackstone.)v. i.1. To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate.(Shak.)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.)