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1. (v.t.) sequester
to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement.
2. sequester
to remove or separate.
3. sequester
to seize and hold (property) until legal claims are satisfied.
4. sequester
to seize, hold, and control (enemy property).
5. (n.) sequester
an act or instance of sequestering.
6. sequester
an across-the-board cut in government spending.
Etymology: (1350–1400; < L sequestrāre to put in hands of a trustee)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) sequester
requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
"the estate was sequestered"
2. (verb) impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize
take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
"The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
3. (verb) sequester
undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion
"The cations were sequestered"
4. (verb) seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw
keep away from others
"He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
5. (verb) sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate
set apart from others
"The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) sequester
sequestration; separation
2. (noun) sequester
a person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a mediator; an umpire or referee
3. (noun) sequester
same as Sequestrum
4. (verb) sequester
to separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to another, and hold it till the profits have paid the demand for which it is taken, or till the owner has performed the decree of court, or clears himself of contempt; in international law, to confiscate
5. (verb) sequester
to cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc
6. (verb) sequester
to set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things
7. (verb) sequester
to cause to retire or withdraw into obscurity; to seclude; to withdraw; -- often used reflexively
8. (verb) sequester
to withdraw; to retire
9. (verb) sequester
to renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband
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