Sever vs Soever - What's the difference?
sever | soever |
To cut free.
* Bible, Matthew xiii. 49
To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.
To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
(legal) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate.
(archaic) In any fashion, of any kind; used for emphasis after words such as how, what, which etc.
* “How long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law.” — Edward Coke
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As a proper noun sever
is .As an adverb soever is
(archaic) in any fashion, of any kind; used for emphasis after words such as how, what, which etc.sever
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Verb
(en verb)- After he graduated, he severed all links to his family.
- to sever the head from the body
- The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just.
- (Shakespeare)
- The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt. — Ex. ix. 4.
- They claimed the right of severing in their challenge. — Macaulay.
- to sever an estate in joint tenancy
- (Blackstone)
