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se·ques·ter
I. \sə̇ˈkwestə(r), sēˈk-\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English sequestren, from Middle French sequestrer, from Late Latin sequestrare to set aside for safekeeping, surrender, remove, separate, from Latin sequester depositary, trustee; akin to Latin sequi to follow — more at sue
transitive verb
1.
a. : to set apart : separate for a special purpose : remove, segregate
< the dentist must sequester with a rubber dam the tooth he is working on — New Yorker >
b. obsolete : to deprive of membership (as in a church) or of public office or station
< was sequestered from parliament — David Hume †1776 >
c. : to hide from public view : withdraw from circulation : seclude, secrete
< old houses … sequestered under leafy boughs — American Guide Series: Vermont >
< no crusading idealist … ever thought it right to sequester himself in an estate — Norman Thomas >
2.
a. : to seize especially by public authority : confiscate
< police continued to uncover and sequester … arms and ammunition — R.G.Woolbert >
b.
(1) : to take (property) from the possession of one or more parties to a controversy and put into the possession of a third party until profits have paid an obligation or until the owner has performed a decree of court or clears himself of contempt
(2) international law : to appropriate under the right of preemption
3. : to bind (as a metal or metal ion) in the form of a soluble complex or chelate by adding a suitable reagent for the purpose of preventing precipitation in water solution by chemical agents that would normally bring it about, of solubilizing precipitates already formed, or of otherwise suppressing undesired chemical or biological activity
< sequester calcium and magnesium ions in the softening of hard water >
intransitive verb
1. archaic : to withdraw into seclusion : retire
2. : to disclaim legal responsibility
II. noun
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Etymology: Latin
1. Roman & civil law : a depositary of property pending the settlement of a dispute as to its ownership : a receiver appointed by the court
2. [French séquestre, from Latin sequestrum sequestration, deposit, from sequester depositary] obsolete : separation
< this hand of yours requires a sequester from liberty — Shakespeare >
3. [New Latin sequestrum] : sequestrum |