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Feb 12, 2012
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sev•er•al



Pronunciation: (sev'ur-ul, sev'rul), [key]
—adj.
1. being more than two but fewer than many in number or kind: several ways of doing it.
2. respective; individual: They went their several ways.
3. separate; different: several occasions.
4. single; particular.
5. Law.binding two or more persons who may be sued separately on a common obligation.

—n.
several persons or things; a few; some.

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

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