several

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1. 1.Diverse; different; various. Spenser. Habits and faculties, several, and to be distinguished. Bacon. Four several armies to the field are led. Dryden.
2. 2.Consisting of a number more than two, but not very many; divers; sundry; as, several persons were present when the event took place.
3. 3.By itself; severally. [Obs.] Every kind of thing is laid up several in barns or storehoudses. Robynson (More's Utopia).
4. 4.Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual. [Obs.] There was not time enough to hear . . . The severals. Shak.
5. 5.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.
6. 6.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.] "Where pastures in several be." Tusser.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is diverse; different; various. Spenser. Habits and faculties, several, and to be distinguished. Bacon. Four several armies to the field are led. Dryden called?
• What is consisting of a number more than two, but not very many; divers; sundry; as, several persons were present when the event took place called?
• What is by itself; severally. [Obs.] Every kind of thing is laid up several in barns or storehoudses. Robynson (More's Utopia) called?
• What is each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual. [Obs.] There was not time enough to hear . . . The severals. Shak called?
• What is 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 called?