Several /(?)/
Sev·er·al
Several
a.
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Separate; distinct; particular; single.
Each several ship a victory did gain.
Each might his several province well command, Would all but stoop to what they understand.
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Diverse; different; various.
Habits and faculties, several, and to be distinguished.
Four several armies to the field are led.
- Consisting of a number more than two, but not very many; divers; sundry; as, several persons were present when the event took place.
Several
adv.
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By itself; severally. [Obs.]
Every kind of thing is laid up several in barns or storehoudses.
Several
n.
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Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual. [Obs.]
There was not time enough to hear . . . The severals.
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Persons oe objects, more than two, but not very many.
Several of them neither rose from any conspicuous family, nor left any behind them.
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An inclosed or separate place; inclosure. [Obs.]
They had their several for heathen nations, their several for the people of their own nation.
Phrases & Compounds
- In several
- in a state of separation.