severingn.
/ˈsɛvərɪŋ/ a. The action of sever v.; an instance of this.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun]
asunderingeOE
sheddingc1175
twinning?c1225
departingc1300
sunderinga1325
to-dighting1340
partingc1350
disseverancec1374
divisionc1374
severinga1382
departitionc1400
separation1413
sunderance1435
departisonc1440
deceperationa1450
severance1467
dissevering1488
dissever?1507
departurec1515
dividing1526
partition1530
sejunction1532
separatinga1557
sequestration1567
decision1574
divorce1593
disseveration16..
dissevermenta1603
sunderment1603
disparting1611
disunition1611
singling1625
divide1642
severation1649
concisure1656
department1677
secretion1696
abgregation1730
disengagement1791
disassociation1825
dispartment1869
dissociation1877
secernment1894
breakaway1897
delinkage1973
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. vii. 17 Fro the daȝes of the seueryng of Effraym fro Juda.
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. i. x. 59 Afore þe seuering [v.r. syvering] of þare armyis.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 349. ¶7 The severing of his Head from his Body.
a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) ix. 328 In memory of the farewells of that time, Domestic severings.
1807 W. Wordsworth Ode in Poems II. 157 And oh ye Fountains, Meadows, Hills, and Groves, Think not of any severing of our loves!
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > one of the parts into which anything is divided
dealinga1300
divisionc1374
partc1392
spacec1392
long divisionc1400
severingc1400
skyvaldc1400
foddinga1425
panelc1450
partition1561
roomstead1600
canton1601
separation1604
share1643
scissurea1667
cutting1726
departmenta1735
segment1762
compartment1793
distribution1829
segregation1859
dept.1869
section1875
tmema1891
c1400 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (1907) xiii. 83 Thei had no grete hous but a litel in the whiche thei hadde thre seuerynges as it were thre smale chambres there specially to praye and to slepe.
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severingadj.
That severs.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [adjective]
sundry1564
discerning1574
singlinga1593
severing1597
sundering1624
segregatinga1628
separating1647
separatory1715
disparting1730
disseveringa1822
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. v. 8 See Loue what enuious strakes Doo lace the seuering clowdes in yonder East. View more context for this quotation
a1635 R. Sibbes Heavenly Conf. (1656) 92 That spirit of God..is a severing spirit.
1793 W. Wordsworth Descr. Sketches 310 Th' insuperable rocks and severing tide.
1836 J. H. Newman et al. Lyra Apost. 202 Thou shrinkest now From urgent rule, and severing vow.
1888 G. Meredith Night Frost in May in Poems (1898) II. 238 In this shrill hush of quietude, The ear conceived a severing cry.
Derivatives
ˈseveringly adv.
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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
a1390 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Isa. Jerome's Prol. And off euer either rewme, now togidere, now seuerendely [L. nunc commistim, nunc separatim], he ordeynede the profecie.
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