seven-thirty 
States in 1861, 1864, and 1865, redeemable in 
three years, and bearing interest at 7.30 per 
cent. that is, 2 cents a day on $100. 
seventhly (sev'nth-li), adv. In the seventh 
place. 
seventieth (sev'n-ti-eth), a. and n. [< ME. 
secentiet/ie, < AS. *(hund)seofoittigotha = D. 
zeventigste = G. siebenzigste, sicbzigste = Icel. 
sjautugti = Sw. sjuttionde, seventieth ; as seven- 
ty + -etifi, -W2.] I. a . 1. Next in order after 
the sixty-ninth: an ordinal numeral. 2. Con- 
stituting or being one of seventy parts into 
which a whole may be divided. 
II. n. 1. One next in order after the sixty- 
ninth; the tenth after the sixtieth. 2. The 
quotient of unity divided by seventy; one of 
seventy equal parts. 
seventy (sev'n-ti), a. and n. [< ME. seofentig, 
seoventi, serenti, < AS. liund-seofontig (the ele- 
ment hunil- being later dropped: see Hundred) 
= OS. sibuntig = OFries. niuguntich = D. ze- 
ventig = MLG. seventich = OHG. sibunzug, sibun- 
zo, MHG. siben-zic, G. siebenzig, siebzig = Icel. 
sjautu.gr = Sw. sjuttio = Norw. sytti = Goth. 
sibun-tehund, seventy: cf. L. septuaginta (> E. 
Septuagint), Gr. epioiuiKovra, Skt. saptati, seven- 
ty; as seven + -fy 1 .] I. a. Seven times ten; 
one more than sixty-nine : a cardinal nu- 
meral. The seventy disciples. See disciple. 
II. n. ; pi. seventies (-tiz). 1. The number 
which is made up of seven times ten. 2. A 
symbol representing this number, as 70, or 
LXX, or Ixx The Seventy, a title given (o) to 
the Jewish sanhedrim ; (6) to the body of disciples men- 
tioned in Luke x. as appointed by Christ to preach the 
gospel and heal the sick ; ( < ) to the body of scholars who, 
according to tradition, were the authors of the Septuagint : 
so called from their number seventy-two (see Septuagint); 
(d) to certain officials in the Mormon Church whose duty 
it is, under the direction of the Twelve Apostles, " to travel 
into all the world and preach the Gospel and administer 
its ordinances " ( Mormon Catechism). 
seventy-four (sev'n-ti-for'), A ship of war 
rated as carrying 74 guns ; a 74-gun ship. 
seven-up (sev'n-up'), n. A game, the same as 
all-fours. 
sever (sev'er), V. [< ME. severen, < OF. (and F.) 
sevrer, also later separcr, F. separer = Pr. .ve- 
brar = Sp. Pg. separar = It. sererare, sevrare, 
also scparare, < L. separare, separate : see sepa- 
rate, of which sever is a doublet, without the 
suffix.] I. trans. 1. To separate; part; put or 
keep distinct or apart. 
And vynes goode of IV or V have mynde, 
And severed by hemself sette everie kynde. 
Palladium, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 66. 
Here are sever'd lips 
Parted with sugar breath. 
Shak., M. of V., iii. 2. 118. 
We see the chaff may and ought to be severed from the 
corn in the ear. Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 867. 
2. To part, sunder, or divide ; separate into two 
or more parts : as, to sever the body or the arm 
at a single stroke. 
Our state cannot be sever'd; we are one. 
Milton, P. L., ix. 958. 
The nat'ral bond 
Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax 
That falls asunder at the touch of fire. 
Camper, Task, ii. 10. 
3. To separate from the rest: said of a part 
with reference to the whole or main body of 
anything : as, to sever the head from the body. 
Than he severed a part of his peple, and seide to Pounce 
Antonye and to ffrolle that the! sholde haue mynde to do 
well, and breke her enmyes. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 402. 
The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from 
among the just. Mat. xiil. 49. 
A second multitude 
With wondrous art founded the massy ore, 
Severing each kind, and scumm'd the bullion dross. 
Milton, P. L., i. 704. 
His sever'd head was toss'd among the throng, 
And, rolling, drew a bloody trail along. 
Pope, Iliad, xi. 189. 
4. To separate ; disjoin : referring to things that 
are distinct but united by some tie. 
No, God forbid that I should wish them sever'd 
Whom God hath join'd together ; ay, and 'twere pity 
To sunder them that yoke so well together. 
Shak., S Hen. VI., iv. 1. 21. 
Death's proper hateful office 'tis to sever 
The loving Husband from his lawful Wife. 
J. Beaumont, Psyche, iii. 159. 
5. To distinguish; discriminate; know apart. 
Expedient it will be that we sever the law of nature ob- 
served by the one from that which the other is tied unto. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, i. 3. 
Volp. Am I then like him? 
Mos. O sir, you are he : 
No man can sever you. 
B. Jonson, Volpone, v. 3. 
He Is a poor Divine that cannot sever the good from the 
bad. Selden, Table-Talk, p. 31. 
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6. In law, to disunite; disconnect; part posses- 
sion of. 
We are, lastly, to inquire how an estate in joint-tenancy 
may be severed and destroyed. Blackslone, Com., II. xii. 
II. intrans. 1. To separate ; part; go asun- 
der; move apart. 
They seuerid and sondrid, ffor somere hem ffaylid . . . 
All the hoole herde that helde so to-gedir. 
Richard the liedeless, ii. 14. 
Ho swege [stooped] doun, & semly hym kyssed, 
Sithen ho seueres hym fro. 
Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 179T. 
What envious streaks 
Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east ! 
Shale., R. and J., Iii. 5. 8. 
Ac fond kiss, and then we sever; 
Ae farewell, alas ! for ever ! 
Burns, Ae Fond Kiss. 
2. To make a separation or distinction ; dis- 
tinguish. 
The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the 
cattle of Egypt. Ex. ix. 4. 
3. To act separately or independently. 
Preston, Ashton, and Elliot had been arraigned at the 
Old Bailey. They claimed the right of severing in their 
challenge. It was therefore necessary to try them sepa- 
rately. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., xvii. 
severable (sey'er-a-bl), a. [< sever + -able.] 
Capable of being severed. 
several (sev'er-al), a. and . [< ME. severalle, 
<! OF. several. < ML. *separalis (also, after OF., 
severalis), adj., separate, as a noun in neut. 
separale, a thing separate, a thing that sepa- 
rates, a dividing line, equiv. to L. separabilix, 
separable (see separable), < separare, separate: 
see separate, sever,'} I. a. If. Separated; apart; 
not together. 
So be we now by baptism reckoned to be consigned unto 
Christ's church, several from Jews, paynims, Ac. 
Tyndale, Ans. to Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Soc., 1850), p. 246. 
If the King have power to give or deny any thing to his 
Parlarnent, he must doe it either as a Person several from 
them or as one greater. MUton, Eikonoklastes, xi. 
2. Individual; not common to two or more; 
separate; particular. 
Let euery line beare his seuerall length, euen as ye 
would haue your verse of measure. 
Piittenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 74. 
They haue neuerthelesse seuerall cloysters and seuerall 
lodgynges, but they kepe all theyr dyuine seruyce in one 
quere al togyther. Sir R. Guylforde, Pylgrymage, p. 79. 
Both Armies having their several Reasons to decline the 
Battel, they parted without doing any thing. 
Baker, Chronicles, p. 118. 
So different a state of things requires ^several relation. 
Milton, Hist. Eng., II. 
Let every one of us, in our several places and stations, 
do our best to promote the kingdom of Christ within us, 
by promoting the love and practice of evangelical purity 
aim holiness. Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, I. iv. 
3. Different; diverse; various: as, they went 
their several ways; it has happened three ser- 
eral times. 
For on his back a heavy load he bare 
Of nightly stelths, and pillage severall, 
Which he had got abroad by purchas criminall. 
Spetiser, F. Q., I. iii. 16. 
A long coate, wherein there were many severall peeces of 
cloth of divers colours. Coryat, Crudities, I. 11. 
I thank God I have this Fruit of my foreign Travels, 
that I can pray to him every Day of the Week in a several 
Language, and upon Sunday in seven. 
Howell, Letters, I. vi. 32. 
Through London they passed along. 
Each one did passe a severall streete. 
Dutehess of Su folk's Calamity (Child's Ballads, VII. 800). 
4. Single ; particular ; distinct. 
Each several ship a victory did gain. 
Dryden, Annus Mirabilis, st. 191. 
Each several heart-beat, counted like the coin 
A miser reckons, is a special gift 
As from an unseen hand. 0. W. Holmes, Questioning. 
5. In law, separable and capable of being 
treated as separate from, though it may be not 
wholly independent of, another. Thus, a several 
obligation is one incurred by one person alone, as a bond 
by a single obligor, or concurrently with others, as in a 
subscription paper, in which latter case, though his prom- 
ise is in a measure dependent on that of the other sub- 
scribers, the obligation of each may be several ; while, on 
the other hand, in a contract by partners or an instrument 
expressed to be joint, the obligors are not at common law 
severally liable, but either has the right to have the oth- 
ers joined in an action to enforce payment. So ^several es- 
tate is one which belongs to one person alone, and, although 
it may in a sense be dependent on others, it is not shared by 
others during its continuance. (See estate, 5.) A joint and 
several obligation is one which so far partakes of both quali- 
ties that the creditor may in general treat it in either way, 
by joining all or suing each one separately. 
6. Consisting of or comprising an indefinite 
number greater than one; more than one or 
two, but not many; divers. 
Adam and Eve in bugle-work ; . . . upon canvas . . . 
several fllligrane curiosities. Steele, Tatler, No. 245. 
severalty 
At Paris I drove to several hotels, and could not get ad- 
mission. Sydney Smith, To Mrs. Sydney Smith. 
A joint and several note or bond, a note or bond exe- 
cuted by two or more persons, each of whom binds himself 
to pay the whole amount named in the document. Sev- 
eral fishery, Inheritance, etc. See the nouns. Sev- 
eral tenancy. See entire tenancy, under entire. =Syn. 
2-4. Distinct, etc. See different. 
II. w. It. That which is separate ; a particu- 
lar or peculiar thing ; a private or personal pos- 
session. 
All our abilities, gifts, natures, shapes, 
Severals and generals of grace exact, . . . 
Success or loss, what is or is not, serves 
As si nil for these two to make paradoxes. 
Shak., T. and C., i. 3. 180. 
Truth lies open to all ; it is no man's several. 
B. Jonson, Discoveries. 
2f. A particular person ; an individual. 
Not noted, is 't, 
But of the finer natures? by some severals 
Of head-piece extraordinary? 
Shak., W. T., i. 2. -22H. 
3f. An inclosed or separate place ; specifical- 
ly, a piece of inclosed ground adjoining a com- 
mon field ; an inclosed pasture or field, as op- 
posed to an open field or common. 
We have in this respect our churches divided by certain 
partitions, although not so many in number as theirs [the 
Jews']. They had their several for heathen nations, their 
several for the people of their own nation, their several for 
men, their several for women, their several for the priests, 
and for the high priest alone their several. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, v. 14. 
Of late he '- broke into a several 
Which doth belong to me, and there he spoils 
Both corn and pasture. 
Sir John Oldcastle, iii. 1. (Hares.) 
4. All outer garment for women, introduced 
about 1860 and named in France from the Eng- 
lish word, in allusion to the different uses to 
which the garment could be put : its form could 
be changed by folding, buttoning, etc., so that 
it should make a shawl, a burnoose, or other 
garment at pleasure In several, in a state of sepa- 
ration or partition. 
More profit is quieter found, 
Where pastures in severall be, 
Of one seely acre of ground, 
Than champion maketh of three. 
Tusser, Husbandry (Champion Country and Severall). 
several! (sev'er-al), adv. [< several, a.] Sepa- 
rately; individually; diversely; in different 
ways. 
We'll dress us all so several, 
They shall not us perceive. 
Jiobin Hood and the Golden Arrow (Child's Ballads, V. 886). 
seVBralt (sev'er-al), r. t. To divide or break up 
into severals; make several instead of com- 
mon. 
Our severalling, distincting, and numbring createth no 
thing. Dee, Pref. to Euclid (1570). 
The people of this isle used not to severall their grounds. 
Harrison^ Descrip. of England, x. 
seyeralityt (sev-e-ral'i-ti), . [< several + 
-it\j.~\ The character of being several ; also, 
any one of several particulars taken singly ; a 
distinction. 
All the severalities of the degrees prohibited run still 
upon the male. Bp. Hall, Cases of Conscience, iv. 6. 
seyeralizet (sev'er-al-Iz), v. t. [< several + 
-ize.] To separate ; make several or individual ; 
distinguish. 
There is one and the same church of Christ, however 
far disterminate in places, however segregated and infi- 
nitely severalized in persons. 
Bp. Hall, The Peace Maker, i. 3. 
severally (sev'fer-al-i), adv. [< several + -ly' 2 .~\ 
Separately ; distinctly ; individually ; apart 
from others Conjunctly and severally, in Scots 
law, collectively and individually. 
severalty (sev'er-al-ti), . [< ME. severalte, 
< OF. "severaltc, < several, several : see several. 
Cf. severality.] A state of separation from the 
rest, or from all others : used chiefly of the ten- 
ure of property. 
And thi land shal be, after thi discesse plain, 
Parted in partes I beleue shal be, 
Neuer to-geders hold in seueralte. 
Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), L 3640. 
Further, there were lands of inheritance held in severalty 
by customary titles, and derived originally, as it is pre- 
sumed, out of common land. 
F . Pollock, Land Laws, App., p. 190. 
Estate In severalty, ownership by one without being 
joined with other owners connected with him in point of 
interest during his ownership : as distinguished from 
joint tenancy, coparcenary, and tenancy in common. 
Land in severalty, the system of ownership by individ- 
uals, as distinguished from ownership or occupancy in 
common. The phrase is used in reference to recent legis- 
lation in the United States, under which Indian reserva- 
tions in the occupancy of tribes of Indians without any 
individual proprietorship have been divided, and specific 
holdings allotted to the respective members of the tribe 
