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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.] ``Where pastures in several be.''
    --Tusser.

Usage examples of "in several".

Still, for the first time in several days, I had the unmistakable feeling that everything was going to be okay after all.

Precious was in shambles, with fires burning in several places, and the integrity of the walls and the strong gates seemed in question.

Honce-the-Bear brought tons of hay with them and the bales are piled floor to ceiling in several buildings.

Valdores, whose name we have heard mentioned so many times before, was altogether an uncommon woman, I desire to imply that she was uncommon not only in a physical, but in several other senses besides.

Bible are incomplete and somewhat misleading, it is essentially correct in several areas.