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Meaning of 'sequester' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sequester [ n.]
- Sequestration; separation.
- 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.
- Same as Sequestrum.
2 . Sequester [ v. i.]
- To withdraw; to retire.
- To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.
3 . Sequester [ v. t.]
- 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.
- To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc.
- To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.
- To cause to retire or withdraw into obscurity; to seclude; to withdraw; -- often used reflexively.

Meaning of 'sequester' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . sequester [ v]
Meaning (1):
- keep away from others
Example in sentence:
  • He sequestered himself in his study to write a book
Meaning (2):
- undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion
Example in sentence:
  • The cations were sequestered
Meaning (3):
- take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
Example in sentence:
  • The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment;
  • The FBI seized the drugs;
  • The police confiscated the stolen artwork
Meaning (4):
- set apart from others
Example in sentence:
  • The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on
Meaning (5):
- requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
Example in sentence:
  • the estate was sequestered

Nearby Words:

sequacious sequaciousness sequacity sequel sequela sequelae sequence sequent sequential sequestered

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