several
Part of speech: adj
det
adv
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman several, from Medieval Latin sēparālis, from Latin sēpar (“separate”). By surface analysis, sever + -al. Not related to severe or seven.
Inflected forms:
form: more several
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most several
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: severall
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: severall
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: severall
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: severals
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: severall
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Separate, distinct; particular.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
examples: Here is the will, and under Caesar's seal.
 To every Roman citizen he gives,
 to every several man, seventy-five drachmas.
He had a religion apart: a God severall unto himselfe, whom his subjects might no waies adore.
So one thing may be good and bad to several parties, upon diverse occasions.
the hearts of the three cavaliers were completely captured, especially as gratitude was added to their admiration; it is a little singular, however, though no less certain, that each of them was enraptured with a several beauty.
Each several ship a victory did gain.
Each might his several province well command,
 Would all but stoop to what they understand.
gloss: A number of different; various.
pos: adj
examples: […]for several virtues
 Have I lik'd several women; never any
 With so full soul but some defect in her
 Did quarrel with the noblest grace she ow'd,
 And put it to the foil[…].
habits and faculties, several, and to be distinguished
Four several armies to the field are led.
Hence arose a dispute between the learned men, in which each delivered the reasons of their several opinions.
In the midſt of all this buſtle, I was ſtruck with the appearance of a large bevy of beauties and women of the firſt fashion, who with all the perfect confidence of good breeding, inſhrined themſelves in the ſeveral temples dedicated to the Cyprian Venus[.]
gloss: Separable, capable of being treated separately.
pos: adj
gloss: Consisting of a number more than one (especially, more than two) but not very many.
pos: det
examples: Several cars were in the parking lot.
They had many journals. I subscribed to several.
Several of the members were absent.
The favourable reception the Orrery has met with from Perſons of the firſt diſtinction, and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ſeveral new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfection; and diſtinguiſh it from others ; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public.
Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.
Several people were killed and around 150 injured after a high-speed train hit a car on a level crossing and derailed tonight.
The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.
gloss: By itself; severally.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Every kind of thing is laid up several in barns or storehouses.
gloss: An area of land in private ownership (as opposed to common land).
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual.
pos: noun
gloss: An enclosed or separate place; enclosure.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
gloss: A woman's loose outer garment, capable of being worn as a shawl, or in other forms.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
Related words: quantifier
Derived words: have several seats
joint and several
several fishery
severalfold
severality
severalize
severalness
severalth
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