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Meaning of 'quarantine' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Quarantine [ n.]
- A space of forty days; -- used of Lent.
- Specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence, such restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the place where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed.
- The period of forty days during which the widow had the privilege of remaining in the mansion house of which her husband died seized.
2 . Quarantine [ v. t.]
- To compel to remain at a distance, or in a given place, without intercourse, when suspected of having contagious disease; to put under, or in, quarantine.

Meaning of 'quarantine' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . quarantine [ v]
Meaning (1):
- place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons
Example in sentence:
  • My dog was quarantined before he could live in England

Nearby Words:

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