*severa*

n. [ L. asseveratio. ] The act of asseverating, or that which is asseverated; positive affirmation or assertion; solemn declaration. [ 1913 Webster ]

Another abuse of the tongue I might add, -- vehement asseverations upon slight and trivial occasions. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characterized by asseveration; asserting positively. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Asseverative. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. dessevrance. ] The act of disserving; separation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of disserving; disseverance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not persevering; fickle; thoughtless. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incapable of being severed; indivisible; inseparable. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. persévérance, L. perseverantia. ] 1. The act of persevering; persistence in anything undertaken; continued pursuit or prosecution of any business, or enterprise begun. “The king-becoming graces . . . perseverance, mercy, lowliness.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose constant perseverance overcame
Whate'er his cruel malice could invent. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Discrimination. [ Obs. ] Sir J. Harrington. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Theol.) Continuance in a state of grace until it is succeeded by a state of glory; sometimes called final perseverance, and the perseverance of the saints. See Calvinism. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Persistence; steadfastness; constancy; steadiness; pertinacity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. perseverans, -antis, p. pr.: cf. F. persévérant. ] Persevering. [ R. ] “Perseverant faith.” Whitby. -- Per`se*ver"ant*ly, adv. [R.] [1913 Webster]

a. Capable of being severed. Encyc. Dict. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF., fr. LL. separalis, fr. L. separ separate, different. See Sever, Separate. ] 1. Separate; distinct; particular; single. [ 1913 Webster ]

Each several ship a victory did gain. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Each might his several province well command,
Would all but stoop to what they understand. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Diverse; different; various. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Habits and faculties, several, and to be distinguished. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Four several armies to the field are led. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Consisting of a number more than two, but not very many; divers; sundry; as, several persons were present when the event took place. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By itself; severally. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Every kind of thing is laid up several in barns or storehoudses. Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

There was not time enough to hear . . .
The severals. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Persons oe objects, more than two, but not very many. [ 1913 Webster ]

Several of them neither rose from any conspicuous family, nor left any behind them. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An inclosed or separate place; inclosure. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They had their several for heathen nations, their several for the people of their own nation. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

In several, in a state of separation. [ R. ] “Where pastures in several be.” Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Severalities Each particular taken singly; distinction. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To distinguish. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Separately; distinctly; apart from others; individually. [ 1913 Webster ]

There must be an auditor to check and revise each severally by itself. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A state of separation from the rest, or from all others; a holding by individual right. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forests which had never been owned in severalty. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

Estate in severalty (Law), an estate which the tenant holds in his own right, without being joined in interest with any other person; -- distinguished from joint tenancy, coparcenary, and common. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]