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English Dictionary: several by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
several
adj
  1. (used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many; "several letters came in the mail"; "several people were injured in the accident"
  2. considered individually; "the respective club members"; "specialists in their several fields"; "the various reports all agreed"
    Synonym(s): respective(a), several(a), various(a)
  3. distinct and individual; "three several times"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Several \Sev"er*al\, adv.
      By itself; severally. [Obs.]
  
               Every kind of thing is laid up several in barns or
               storehoudses.                                          --Robynson
                                                                              (More's
                                                                              Utopia).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Several \Sev"er*al\, n.
      1. Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an
            individual. [Obs.]
  
                     There was not time enough to hear . . . The
                     severals.                                          --Shak.
  
      2. Persons oe objects, more than two, but not very many.
  
                     Several of them neither rose from any conspicuous
                     family, nor left any behind them.      --Addison.
  
      3. An inclosed or separate place; inclosure. [Obs.]
  
                     They had their several for heathen nations, their
                     several for the people of their own nation.
                                                                              --Hooker.
  
      {In several}, in a state of separation. [R.] [bd]Where
            pastures in several be.[b8] --Tusser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Several \Sev"er*al\, a. [OF., fr. LL. separalis, fr. L. separ
      separate, different. See {Sever}, {Separate}.]
      1. Separate; distinct; particular; single.
  
                     Each several ship a victory did gain. --Dryden.
  
                     Each might his several province well command, Would
                     all but stoop to what they understand. --Pope.
  
      2. Diverse; different; various. --Spenser.
  
                     Habits and faculties, several, and to be
                     distinguished.                                    --Bacon.
  
                     Four several armies to the field are led. --Dryden.
  
      3. Consisting of a number more than two, but not very many;
            divers; sundry; as, several persons were present when the
            event took place.
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