Severe

  • 31severe — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem, sound ▪ become, grow ▪ remain ADVERB ▪ extremely …

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  • 32severe — [16] Severe is a descendant, via Old French severe, of Latin sevērus, a word of uncertain origin. English asseveration ‘firm declaration’ [16] comes from its Latin derivative asseverāre ‘assert earnestly’. => ASSEVERATION …

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  • 33severe — adj impressive, excellent. An all purpose vogue term of approval used first by Brit ish mods in 1963 and 1964 and later by American teenagers and their British imitators in the 1970s and 1980s. ► How did she look? Severe, man! ► That s a really… …

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  • 34sevère — a, sevère, o adj. sévère ; rigide ; dure …

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  • 35severe — [16] Severe is a descendant, via Old French severe, of Latin sevērus, a word of uncertain origin. English asseveration ‘firm declaration’ [16] comes from its Latin derivative asseverāre ‘assert earnestly’. Cf.⇒ ASSEVERATION …

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  • 36severe — Synonyms and related words: Draconian, Herculean, Siberian, Spartan, Spartanic, abrupt, absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, abstruse, acerbic, acid, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, acute, afflictive, aggressive, agonizing, algid, aloof, arbitrary …

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  • 37severe — adjective 1》 (of something bad, undesirable, or difficult) very great; intense. 2》 strict or harsh. 3》 very plain in style or appearance. Derivatives severely adverb severity noun Origin C16: from Fr. sévère or L. severus …

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  • 38severe — Un homme Severe, Seuerus, Austerus homo …

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  • 39Severe weather — is any destructive weather phenomenon. The term is usually used to refer to severe thunderstorms and related phenomena, such as tornados, hail, and downbursts. [ [http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/search?p=1 query=severe+weather… …

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  • 40Sévère Sebôkht — Sévère Sebokht, évêque et savant syrien, né à Nisibe (Syrie) vers 575, décédé à Qinnasrin (aussi appelé Kennesrin ou Qenneshrê), en Syrie, en 667. Sommaire 1 Biographie 2 Œuvre 2.1 Astronomie …

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