All 5 Uses of
sever
in
Jane Eyre
- Thus was I severed from Bessie and Gateshead; thus whirled away to unknown, and, as I then deemed, remote and mysterious regions.†
p. 50.7 *
- I believe he is of mine; — I am sure he is — I feel akin to him — I understand the language of his countenance and movements: though rank and wealth sever us widely, I have something in my brain and heart, in my blood and nerves, that assimilates me mentally to him.†
p. 203.9
- "Now is my time to slip away," thought I: but the tones that then severed the air arrested me.†
p. 209.1
- Am I severed from you by insuperable obstacles?†
p. 328.0
- I lifted up my head to look: the roof resolved to clouds, high and dim; the gleam was such as the moon imparts to vapours she is about to sever.†
p. 367.7
Definition:
to end or cut off completely -- either physically or in relationships