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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Several \Sev"er*al\, n.
1. Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an
individual. [Obs.]
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There was not time enough to hear . . .
The severals. --Shak.
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2. Persons oe objects, more than two, but not very many.
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Several of them neither rose from any conspicuous
family, nor left any behind them. --Addison.
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3. An inclosed or separate place; inclosure. [Obs.]
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They had their several for heathen nations, their
several for the people of their own nation.
--Hooker.
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{In several}, in a state of separation. [R.] "Where pastures
in several be." --Tusser.
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