'Several' definitions:

Definition of 'several'

From: WordNet
adjective
(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"
adjective
Considered individually; "the respective club members"; "specialists in their several fields"; "the various reports all agreed" [syn: respective(a), several(a), various(a)]
adjective
Distinct and individual; "three several times"

Definition of 'Several'

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

Definition of 'Several'

From: GCIDE
  • Several \Sev"er*al\, adv. By itself; severally. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Every kind of thing is laid up several in barns or storehoudses. --Robynson (More's Utopia). [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Several'

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