Both Uses of
sever
in
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- Even now against the grey curtain of the morning he saw it before him like the phantom of a dream, the face of a severed head or death-mask, crowned on the brows by its stiff black upright hair as by an iron crown.†
Chpt 5
- Also, when thinking of him, saw always a stern severed head or death mask as if outlined on a grey curtain or veronica.†
Chpt 5 *
Definition:
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(sever) to split something into two unconnected parts -- usually by cutting
or:
to break up or end a relationship; or to separate from something