What does sequester mean?
Definitions for sequester
sɪˈkwɛs tərse·quester
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word sequester.
Princeton's WordNet
sequesterverb
requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
"the estate was sequestered"
impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seizeverb
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"
sequesterverb
undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion
"The cations were sequestered"
seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdrawverb
keep away from others
"He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolateverb
set apart from others
"The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"
Wiktionary
sequesterverb
To separate from all external influence.
The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order.
sequesterverb
To separate in order to store.
The coal burning plant was ordered to sequester its CO emissions.
sequesterverb
To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound
Etymology: sequestro, from sequester.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To SEQUESTERverb
Etymology: sequestrer, Fr. secrestar, Spanish; sequestro, low Latin.
Why are you sequester’d from all your train? William Shakespeare.
To the which place a poor sequester’d stag,
That from the hunter’s aim had ta’en a hurt,
Did come to languish. William Shakespeare, As you like it.In shady bow’r,
More sacred and sequester’d, though but feign’d,
Pan or Sylvanus never slept. John Milton.Ye sacred Nine! that all my soul possess,
Whose raptures fire me, and whose visions bless,
Bear me, oh bear me to sequester’d scenes
Of bow’ry mazes, and surrounding greens. Alexander Pope.Although I had wholly sequestered my civil affairs, yet I set down, out of long continued experience in business, and conversation in books, what I thought pertinent to this affair. Francis Bacon.
A thing as seasonable in grief as in joy, as decent being added unto actions of greatest weight and solemnity, as being used when men most sequester themselves from action. Richard Hooker.
It was his taylor and his cook, his fine fashions and his French ragou’s, which sequestered him; and, in a word, he came by his poverty as sinfully as some usually do by their riches. South.
ChatGPT
sequester
Sequester generally means to isolate or hide away something or someone. It can also refer to the act of taking legal possession of assets until a debt has been paid or other claims have been met. Additionally, it may also refer to the action of reducing or preventing the harmful effects of pollutants or harmful substances in the environment. The exact definition can vary based on context.
Webster Dictionary
Sequesterverb
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
Sequesterverb
to cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc
Sequesterverb
to set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things
Sequesterverb
to cause to retire or withdraw into obscurity; to seclude; to withdraw; -- often used reflexively
Sequesterverb
to withdraw; to retire
Sequesterverb
to renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband
Sequesternoun
sequestration; separation
Sequesternoun
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
Sequesternoun
same as Sequestrum
Etymology: [F. squestrer, L. sequestrare to give up for safe keeping, from sequester a depositary or trustee in whose hands the thing contested was placed until the dispute was settled. Cf. Sequestrate.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Sequester
sē-kwes′tėr, v.t. to separate: to withdraw from society: to seclude: to set apart: (law) to place anything contested into the hands of a third person till the dispute is settled: to hold the property of another till the profits pay the demands: to take possession of the estate of a bankrupt in order to distribute it among the creditors: to confiscate.—v.i. to renounce any interest in the estate of a husband.—n. (Shak.) the act of sequestering: an umpire.—adjs. Sēques′tered, retired, secluded; Seques′trable.—v.t. Sēques′trate (law), to sequester.—ns. Sēquestrā′tion, the Scotch legal term for bankruptcy: the act of sequestering, esp. the seizure of any one's property for the use of the state during dispute, or for the benefit of creditors: state of being separated: seclusion from society; Sēquestrā′tor, one who sequesters another's property: one to whom property is committed during dispute. [O. Fr. sequestrer—Low L. sequestrāre, -ātum—L. sequester, a depositary—sequi, to follow.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sequester in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sequester in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of sequester in a Sentence
It’s a very old plane, but definitely one of the most capable, air Force has been moving toward multi-mission aircraft, but when Air Force comes to this particular mission this plane is unrivaled in Air Force ability. There is no weapon in our arsenal that offers more effective close-air support to American ground troops serving in harms way than the A-10 aircraft, - Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. First designated for retirement in 2011, a planning document the Air Force published in mid-February reveals that 2022 is the flying branch's newest deadline for the last A-10 flight. The extension was announced by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter during a preview of the Pentagon’s budget at the Economic Club of Washington, D.C. according to the Arizona Daily Star. The venerable plane, first built for destroying Soviet tanks, has been on the chopping block since the sequester of 2011 mandated steep cuts in the Pentagon budget. Although the planes haven't been built in more than 30 years, the Department of Defense believes it can save maintenance costs by phasing them out. Air Force brass believes newer, faster aircraft like the F-16, F-15E, and, eventually, Lockheed Martin’s F-35 can do a better job of the Warthog’s mission of providing close air support to soldiers on the ground. But the Pentagon disagrees and has pushed back, leading to Air Force brass to extend the end date for a phase out. The plane has survived year-to-year, with powerful lawmakers such as Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., fighting to keep it alive.
Grazing cattle is the most sustainable way to use land for food production which is unsuitable for growing any other crop, by using our grasslands in this way we can sequester carbon at the same time as turning inedible grass into a highly nutritious protein which our growing population can enjoy.
I have repeatedly called on Congress to eliminate the sequester and make sure we are providing certainty to our military, this bill, instead, resorts to gimmicks that does not allow the Pentagon to do what it needs to do.
Relations of power in West Africa had been hiding the skills and wisdom of local farmers, scientists need to pay more attention and respect to existing practices, especially if these practices can boost food production and sequester carbon.
Democratic Mayor David Bowers:
I'm reminded that President Franklin D. Roosevelt felt compelled to sequester Japanese foreign nationals after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and it appears that the threat of harm to America from ISIS now is just as real and serious as that from our enemies then.
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