单词 | sequestrate |
释义 | † sequestrateadj. Obsolete. 1. a. Separated, cut off from. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [adjective] > separated or cut off from sequestrate1482 severed1581 1482 Monk of Evesham 57 We came to a ful grete fylde, and as hyt semyd hyt was sette yn a lowe grownde sequestrate and departyd from al othir. ?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) i. i. 153 And who so may haue the iey of theire soule sequestrate in worldlye thynges, in this scripture of our lorde may fynde swete manna. 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 48 Religious men..wholy sequestrate from the world in body and mind. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 194 Mount Libanus is sequestrate from the circum-iacent Regions. b. Politically separate, independent. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [adjective] > politically separate or independent sequestrate1632 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 25 The other sequestrate Tuscan iurisdiction, is the little comonwealth of Luca. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 39 This sequestrat Citty [Venice]. 2. Sequestered, retired, secluded. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > secluded place or place of seclusion > [adjective] secrec1374 blindc1386 privatea1513 secret?a1513 shadowy1555 close1571 retired1593 retrait1603 sequestrate1632 recessful1646 recluse1650 reserved1653 secessive1653 coy1670 sequestrated1726 slya1764 secluded1798 shy1841 retiracied1856 undisprivacied1870 madding1874 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vi. 297 Their dwellings being in sequestrate dennes. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 352 [They] made merry with vs in..the best cheare their sequestrate cottage could afford. 1805 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. I. 342 It is..easy, by planting their banks, to beautify..a variety of sequestrate spots. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2021). sequestratev. 1. a. transitive. To remove, put away; to seclude, keep away from general access or intercourse; to put in a place of concealment or confinement. = sequester v. 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > seclude [verb (transitive)] reclusea1400 sequesterc1430 withdrawa1450 sequestrate1513 solitary1581 reclude1598 seclude1629 bury1711 recess1795 backwater1885 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separate [verb (transitive)] > separate from main body skillc1175 to tell outc1325 shillc1440 sequestrate1513 sorta1535 shoal1571 segregate1579 dismember1580 single1582 scatter1588 disgregate1593 recond1608 sepone1619 sequester1625 canton1653 to cantonize outa1670 portion1777 to set off1795 to comb out1854 distinguish1866 split1924 hive off1931 section1960 separate1962 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. iii. 76 Tuelf days of trewis thai band, to stanch debait, For to kepe pece and weris sequestrate. a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 199 A celestial spouse, from whom she shall never be sequestrated and divorced. 1582–8 Hist. & Life Jas. VI (1804) 54 We..were compellit to sequestrat hir for a seasoun in preseoun. 1733 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Effects Air Human Bodies vii. 192 In general Contagions, more perish for want of Care and Necessaries, than by the Malignity of the Disease; they being, as it were, sequestrated from Mankind. 1831 W. Scott Count Robert ii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. III. 45 My purpose went no farther than to sequestrate Alexius for a little time from the fatigues of empire. 1840 T. De Quincey On Essenes in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 110/1 A sect sequestrating themselves, and locking up their doctrines as secrets. b. Physiology. To render (a biochemical compound) metabolically unavailable without destroying it; to remove from the circulation. ΚΠ 1961 Lancet 29 July 258/1 The placenta, like the liver, can sequestrate and degrade insulin. 1977 Proc. Royal Soc. Med. 70 521/1 They suggested that the increased titres might be due to failure of the cirrhotic liver to sequestrate gut-derived antigens, which then reached immunologically competent areas of the body. 2. Law. a. To divert the income of an estate or benefice, temporarily or permanently, from its owner into other hands. Cf. sequester v. 3. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [verb (transitive)] > seize for debt > divert income of property sequestrate1609 sequester1703 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 63 Gif the patronage of anie kirk is sequestrat in the Kings hands, be reason of the contumacie of the patron [etc.]. 1804 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) III. 26 It appears that half the revenue of the office..has been lately sequestrated. 1839 W. O. Manning Law Nations (1875) iv. v. 189 A right to sequestrate the taxes. 1871 S. Smiles Character viii. 217 When..all his worldly estate had been sequestrated. b. = sequester v. 3c. Obsolete exc. Historical. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [verb (transitive)] > remove from owner temporarily > sequester property of sequestrate1546 sequester1681 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. vii. sig. Biv I shall..separate All matters on bothe sydes, and than sequestrate, Thone syde. 1650 W. Dundas Let. to Cromwell 9 Sept. When Ministers of the Gospel have been..sequestrated. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [verb (transitive)] > remove from owner temporarily > sequester disputed property sequester1604 sequestrate1656 1656 in T. Blount Glossographia 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) III. xlix. 778 To compromise all differences, it was agreed to sequestrate it [a fortress] into the hands of the infanta as a neutral person. d. Scots Law. (a) To place (lands, belonging to a bankrupt, or of disputed ownership) in the hands of a judicial factor or trustee, for the prevention of waste, or in order that the income arising may be applied for the benefit of the creditors. (b) In modern use: To place (the property of a bankrupt) in the hands of a trustee to be divided among the creditors; sometimes also informally, to make (a person) bankrupt. ΚΠ 1726 [see sequestrated adj. at Derivatives]. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 196 The Deanses at Woodend!—I sequestrated them in the dear years, and now they are to flitt they'll starve. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. at Sequestration The Court may, if they think proper, sequestrate the rents, and appoint a judicial factor. 1909 A. H. Millar Forf. Estates Papers (S.H.S.) Introd. 15 The creditors sequestrated many of the estates. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [verb (intransitive)] > sequestrate sequestrate1765 1765–8 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. ii. xii. §56 The debtor's consent to sequestrate. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 46 Landlord sequestrates—creditors accept a composition. 3. transitive. To confiscate. = sequester v. 2. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [verb (transitive)] > confiscate or sequestrate to state forfeitc1384 cheatc1440 confisk1474 sequestera1513 confiscatea1533 publish1533 sequestrate1640 inbring1752 1640–1 Kirkcudbright Comm. Min. Bk. (1855) 157 The whole goodes, geir, cornes, cattle, rentes and uthers perteining to thame, and now to the publict, are sequestrate and appryset to the use of the public. 1846 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 II. xi. 447 He did not long enjoy this accession to his resources, being shot as he sat in his court by a chief, whose Jagir he had sequestrated. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) II. xv. 224 They found it convenient..to sequestrate for their own private uses the property of the Catholic Church. Derivatives seˈquestrated adj. in senses of the verb; also rarely † = sequestered adj. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > secluded place or place of seclusion > [adjective] secrec1374 blindc1386 privatea1513 secret?a1513 shadowy1555 close1571 retired1593 retrait1603 sequestrate1632 recessful1646 recluse1650 reserved1653 secessive1653 coy1670 sequestrated1726 slya1764 secluded1798 shy1841 retiracied1856 undisprivacied1870 madding1874 society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [adjective] > sequestrated sequestered1649 sequestrated1726 society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [adjective] > confiscating to state > confiscated confiscatea1533 confiscated1552 sequestrated1865 1726 Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1790) at Factors That Factors upon sequestrated estates shall..make up a rental of the estate. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. Introd. p. xxi An ancient sequestrated garden. 1865 C. Kingsley Hereward in Good Words 6 143 Auctions and sales of sequestrated furniture. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1482v.1513 |
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