Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sever
Participle: severed
Gerund: severing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | sever |
| you | sever |
| he;she;it | severs |
| we | sever |
| you | sever |
| they | sever |
Perfect
| I | have severed |
| you | have severed |
| he;she;it | has severed |
| we | have severed |
| you | have severed |
| they | have severed |
Past
| I | severed |
| you | severed |
| he;she;it | severed |
| we | severed |
| you | severed |
| they | severed |
Pluperfect
| I | had severed |
| you | had severed |
| he;she;it | had severed |
| we | had severed |
| you | had severed |
| they | had severed |
Future
| I | will sever |
| you | will sever |
| he;she;it | will sever |
| we | will sever |
| you | will sever |
| they | will sever |
Future Perfect
| I | will have severed |
| you | will have severed |
| he;she;it | will have severed |
| we | will have severed |
| you | will have severed |
| they | will have severed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sever |
| you | sever |
| he;she;it | sever |
| we | sever |
| you | sever |
| they | sever |
Perfect
| I | have severed |
| you | have severed |
| he;she;it | have severed |
| we | have severed |
| you | have severed |
| they | have severed |
Imperfect
| I | severed |
| you | severed |
| he;she;it | severed |
| we | severed |
| you | severed |
| they | severed |
Pluperfect
| I | had severed |
| you | had severed |
| he;she;it | had severed |
| we | had severed |
| you | had severed |
| they | had severed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sever |
| you | would sever |
| he;she;it | would sever |
| we | would sever |
| you | would sever |
| they | would sever |
Perfect
| I | would have severed |
| you | would have severed |
| he;she;it | would have severed |
| we | would have severed |
| you | would have severed |
| they | would have severed |
Imperative
| you | sever |
| we | Let's sever |
| you | sever |
Verbs conjugated like 'sever'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sever'
bever,
fever,
kever,
lever,
sewer,
siver,
assever,
aver,
beer,
bevel,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to split into two or more parts
- becut, discerp, disintegrate, dispart, dissever, divide, divorce, part, partition, piecemeal, rescind, section, split, split up, sunder
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English severen, from Old French sevrer, from Latin separāre (“to separate”), from se- (“apart”) + parāre (“provide, arrange”). Doublet of separate, from the past participle of that Latin verb. See: Old French '
sevrer'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] young mistress, whose winning ways and gentle intercessions had so often been a shield to them from the tyrannical and selfish exactions of her mother. Poor old Mammy, in particular, whose heart, severed from all natural domestic ties, had consoled itself with this one beautiful being, was almost heart-broken. She cried day and night, and was, from excess of sorrow, less skilful and alert in her [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)