severedadj.
/ˈsɛvəd/, U.S. /ˈsɛvərd/ In senses of the verb.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [adjective] > driven away in all directions
scattereda1425
forscattered1430
sparpled1432
skailed1488
dispersed1526
disparkled1529
severed1581
flittered1582
sparsed1585
discattered1595
disjected1647
squandered1647
dissipateda1711
dissipate1715
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [adjective] > separate or separated
sunderedc1230
ysondredc1380
discretea1398
divisec1420
dissevered1471
separate?a1475
separated1535
semoted1542
dissociate1548
dirempt1580
dissundered1580
severed1581
parted1595
dividual1598
twain1600
sejunct1602
disassociated1611
dissociated1611
dividenta1616
entire to itselfa1618
interstinct1623
disjected1647
segregant1647
severized1649
divided1658
separate1667
secrete1678
disaffiliated1839
dirempted1900
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [adjective] > separated or cut off from
sequestrate1482
severed1581
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [adjective] > divided
departedc1386
parteda1398
distinct1434
divided1565
partite1570
shedded1575
dismembered1578
severed1581
splitted1594
shared1598
distract1609
disparted1633
split1648
dipartited1825
splitten1832
dipartite1885
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > [adjective] > cut-off
cutc1380
gird-off1382
resecate1530
resect1540
lopped1570
severed1581
1581 T. Howell His Deuises sig. L.iiij Then eche a seuerde peece doth spoyle, Which late conioynde, no force could foyle.
1588 T. Hughes Misfortunes Arthur iii. i. 107 How close the seuered skinne vnites againe.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. xiii. 173 Our seuer'd Nauie too Haue knit againe. View more context for this quotation
1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis i. 9 Part of his seuer'd scarce-dead lims he boyles.
a1635 R. Sibbes Heavenly Conf. (1656) 49 We must not think of the ascension of Christ as a severed thing from us.
1637 J. Milton Comus 10 How to regaine my sever'd companie.
1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion iv. 174 Take, running River, take these Locks of mine..this severed hair. View more context for this quotation
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. iv. i. 239 The executioner lifted the severed head.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xxiii. 352 We have, in the case of ice, the actual regelation of the severed surfaces.
Derivatives
ˈseveredly adv. rare
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [adverb]
sunderlyeOE
sundryOE
asundera1325
discretelyc1475
sundrily1487
severally1541
sunderwisea1550
separately1552
sejunctly1586
disjunctively1590
sejunctively1602
severedly1605
abstractivelya1651
incommunicately1664
detachedly1797
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ii3 But heere I must giue warning, that it bee done distinctly and seueredly . View more context for this quotation
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