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Nov 28, 2009
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Pronunciation: (sev'ur), [key]
—v.t.
1. to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
2. to divide into parts, esp. forcibly; cleave.
3. to break off or dissolve (ties, relations, etc.).
4. Law.to divide into parts; disunite (an estate, titles of a statute, etc.).
5. to distinguish; discriminate between.

—v.i.
to become separated from each other; become divided into parts.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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