Both Uses
sever
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Treasure Island
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- Then I lay quiet, waiting to sever these last when the strain should be once more lightened by a breath of wind.†
Chpt 23 *
- They would have run away severally had they dared; but fear kept them together, and kept them close by John, as if his daring helped them.†
Chpt 32
Definitions:
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(1)
(sever) to end or cut off completely -- either physically or in relationships
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)