单词 | sequester |
释义 | sequester —sequestrable, adj. /si kwes"teuhr/, v.t. 1. to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement; seclude. 2. to remove or separate. 3. Law. to remove (property) temporarily from the possession of the owner; seize and hold, as the property and income of a debtor, until legal claims are satisfied. 4. Internat. Law. to requisition, hold, and control (enemy property). [1350-1400; ME sequestren < L sequestrare to put in hands of a trustee, deriv. of sequester trustee, depositary] Syn. 1, 2. isolate. |
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