Sev"er*al (?), a. [OF., fr. LL.
separalis, fr. L. separ separate, different. See
Sever, Separate.] 1. Separate;
distinct; particular; single.
Each several ship a victory did
gain.
Dryden.
Each might his several province well
command,
Would all but stoop to what they understand.
Pope.
2. Diverse; different; various.
Spenser.
Habits and faculties, several, and to be
distinguished.
Bacon.
Four several armies to the field are
led.
Dryden.
3. Consisting of a number more than two, but
not very many; divers; sundry; as, several persons were present
when the event took place.
Sev"er*al, adv. By itself;
severally. [Obs.]
Every kind of thing is laid up several in barns
or storehoudses.
Robynson (More's Utopia).
Sev"er*al, n. 1.
Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an
individual. [Obs.]
There was not time enough to hear . . .
The severals.
Shak.
2. Persons oe objects, more than two, but not
very many.
Several of them neither rose from any
conspicuous family, nor left any behind them.
Addison.
3. An inclosed or separate place;
inclosure. [Obs.]
They had their several for heathen nations,
their several for the people of their own nation.
Hooker.
In several, in a state of separation.
[R.] "Where pastures in several be." Tusser.
Sev"er*al (?), a. [OF., fr. LL.
separalis, fr. L. separ separate, different. See
Sever, Separate.] 1. Separate;
distinct; particular; single.
Each several ship a victory did
gain.
Dryden.
Each might his several province well
command,
Would all but stoop to what they understand.
Pope.
2. Diverse; different; various.
Spenser.
Habits and faculties, several, and to be
distinguished.
Bacon.
Four several armies to the field are
led.
Dryden.
3. Consisting of a number more than two, but
not very many; divers; sundry; as, several persons were present
when the event took place.
Sev"er*al, adv. By itself;
severally. [Obs.]
Every kind of thing is laid up several in barns
or storehoudses.
Robynson (More's Utopia).
Sev"er*al, n. 1.
Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an
individual. [Obs.]
There was not time enough to hear . . .
The severals.
Shak.
2. Persons oe objects, more than two, but not
very many.
Several of them neither rose from any
conspicuous family, nor left any behind them.
Addison.
3. An inclosed or separate place;
inclosure. [Obs.]
They had their several for heathen nations,
their several for the people of their own nation.
Hooker.
In several, in a state of separation.
[R.] "Where pastures in several be." Tusser.
