† severateadj.
Obsolete.
= separate adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [adjective] > acting or done individually
several1466
severate1563
1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Right Use Church ii. sig. D d j When euery man and woman in seuerate [1567–71 seuerat, later edd. seuerall] pretence of deuotyon prayeth priuately.
Derivatives
severately adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [adverb] > individually (not collectively)
sunderlyeOE
sundryOE
sundrilyOE
sunderlepesOE
serelepesc1175
serelya1375
severinglya1390
sunderlingc1390
properlya1393
serea1400
severally1399
departinglya1425
diviselyc1449
severately1470
sunderwisea1550
separately1552
disjunctively1590
semovedly1593
distributively1597
particular1599
dividedly1607
dividually1631
separatively1789
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur iv. vii. 127 He tooke vs seueratly as we rode on oure auentures.
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adj.1470