sequester

se·ques·ter

S0276900 (sĭ-kwĕs′tər)v. se·ques·tered, se·ques·ter·ing, se·ques·ters v.tr.1. To remove or set apart; segregate or hide: "Some of the actors ... found it disturbing that the director was sequestered in an off-stage control booth" (Gene D. Phillips). See Synonyms at isolate.2. To cause to withdraw into seclusion: students who sequester themselves in libraries.3. To remove or isolate (a chemical, often a gas) from an environment by incorporation, mixing, or insertion under pressure: plants that sequester toxins from wetlands; plans to sequester carbon dioxide produced by a power plant by injection into an underground aquifer.4. a. Law To take temporary possession of (property) as security against legal claims.b. To requisition and confiscate (enemy property).v.intr. Chemistry To undergo sequestration.

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[Middle English sequestren, from Old French, from Latin sequestrāre, to give up for safekeeping, from Latin sequester, depositary, trustee; see sek^w- in Indo-European roots.]

sequester

(sɪˈkwɛstə) vb (tr) 1. to remove or separate2. (usually passive) to retire into seclusion3. (Law) law to take (property) temporarily out of the possession of its owner, esp until the claims of creditors are satisfied or a court order is complied with4. (Law) international law to requisition or appropriate (enemy property)[C14: from Late Latin sequestrāre to surrender for safekeeping, from Latin sequester a trustee] seˈquestrable adj

se•ques•ter

(sɪˈkwɛs tər)

v.t. 1. to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement. 2. to remove or separate. 3. to seize and hold (property) until legal claims are satisfied. 4. to seize, hold, and control (enemy property). n. 5. an act or instance of sequestering. 6. an across-the-board cut in government spending. [1350–1400; < Latin sequestrāre to put in hands of a trustee] se•ques′tra•ble, adj.

sequester

Past participle: sequestered
Gerund: sequestering

Imperative
sequester
sequester

Present
I sequester
you sequester
he/she/it sequesters
we sequester
you sequester
they sequester

Preterite
I sequestered
you sequestered
he/she/it sequestered
we sequestered
you sequestered
they sequestered

Present Continuous
I am sequestering
you are sequestering
he/she/it is sequestering
we are sequestering
you are sequestering
they are sequestering

Present Perfect
I have sequestered
you have sequestered
he/she/it has sequestered
we have sequestered
you have sequestered
they have sequestered

Past Continuous
I was sequestering
you were sequestering
he/she/it was sequestering
we were sequestering
you were sequestering
they were sequestering

Past Perfect
I had sequestered
you had sequestered
he/she/it had sequestered
we had sequestered
you had sequestered
they had sequestered

Future
I will sequester
you will sequester
he/she/it will sequester
we will sequester
you will sequester
they will sequester

Future Perfect
I will have sequestered
you will have sequestered
he/she/it will have sequestered
we will have sequestered
you will have sequestered
they will have sequestered

Future Continuous
I will be sequestering
you will be sequestering
he/she/it will be sequestering
we will be sequestering
you will be sequestering
they will be sequestering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been sequestering
you have been sequestering
he/she/it has been sequestering
we have been sequestering
you have been sequestering
they have been sequestering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been sequestering
you will have been sequestering
he/she/it will have been sequestering
we will have been sequestering
you will have been sequestering
they will have been sequestering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been sequestering
you had been sequestering
he/she/it had been sequestering
we had been sequestering
you had been sequestering
they had been sequestering

Conditional
I would sequester
you would sequester
he/she/it would sequester
we would sequester
you would sequester
they would sequester

Past Conditional
I would have sequestered
you would have sequestered
he/she/it would have sequestered
we would have sequestered
you would have sequestered
they would have sequestered

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	sequester - requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered"take - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks"confiscate, impound, sequester, seize, attach - 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"
	2.	sequester - 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"confiscate, impound, seize, attachtake - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks"condemn - appropriate (property) for public use; "the county condemned the land to build a highway"sequester - requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered"garnish, garnishee - take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support; "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt"distrain - confiscate by distress
	3.	sequester - undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion; "The cations were sequestered"chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactionschange - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
	4.	sequester - keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"seclude, sequestrate, withdrawisolate, insulate - place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"adjourn, retire, withdraw - break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
	5.	sequester - set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"keep apart, sequestrate, set apart, isolatedisunite, separate, part, divide - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

sequester

verb1. take, seize, confiscate, appropriate, impound, commandeer, take possession of, expropriate, arrogate, sequestrate Everything he owned was sequestered.2. isolate, cut off, seclude, retire, withdraw, set apart, shut away This jury is expected to be sequestered for at least two months.

sequester

verb1. To put into solitude:cloister, seclude, sequestrate.2. To set apart from a group:close off, cut off, insulate, isolate, seclude, segregate, separate.

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