LekhoriLekhoriSeparate, distinct; particular.
Here is the will, and under Caesar's seal. To every Roman citizen he gives, to every several man, seventy-five drachmas.
A number of different; various.
[…]for several virtues Have I lik'd several women; never any With so full soul but some defect in her Did quarrel with the noblest grace she ow'd, And put it to the foil[…].
Separable, capable of being treated separately.
Consisting of a number more than one (especially, more than two) but not very many.
Several cars were in the parking lot.
By itself; severally.
Every kind of thing is laid up several in barns or storehouses.
An area of land in private ownership (as opposed to common land).
Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual.
An enclosed or separate place; enclosure.
From Anglo-Norman several, from Medieval Latin sēparālis, from Latin sēpar (“separate”). By surface analysis, sever + -al. Not related to severe.
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