单词 | sequestrable |
释义 | † sequestrableadj. Obsolete. 1. Capable of being sequestered, liable to sequestration. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [adjective] > sequestrated > able to be sequestrable1652 1652–3 in Royalist Comp. Papers, Lancs. (1891) I. 185 Her sonne Henry at that tyme was..noe way for his parte Seqable, but hath ever bene a Protestant and a well wisher to the Parliament. 1656 T. Burton Diary (1828) I. 95 Persons not only sequestrable, but actually sequestered. 1807 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 5 200 Life-interests, such as entailed estates, church-livings and annuities, should be wholly sequestrable with less ceremony. 2. Separable. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [adjective] > separated or cut off from > separated from main body > able to be sequestrable1661 segregable1905 1661 R. Boyle Sceptical Chymist 34 Harts-Horn, and divers other Bodies..that abound with not uneasily sequestrable Salt. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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