Sequester
21sequester — I. transitive verb ( tered; sequestering) Etymology: Middle English sequestren, from Anglo French sequestrer, from Latin sequestrare to hand over to a trustee, from sequester third party to whom disputed property is entrusted, agent, from secus… …
22Sequester — 1Se|ques|ter der, auch das; s, <zu spätlat. sequestrare, vgl. ↑sequestrieren>: 1. svw. ↑Sequestration. 2. abgestorbenes Knochenstück, das mit dem gesunden Knochen keine Verbindung mehr hat (Med.). Sequester 2 2Se|qu …
23sequester — UK [sɪˈkwestə(r)] / US [sɪˈkwestər] verb [transitive] Word forms sequester : present tense I/you/we/they sequester he/she/it sequesters present participle sequestering past tense sequestered past participle sequestered legal 1) to keep a group of …
24sequester — v.tr. 1 (esp. as sequestered adj.) seclude, isolate, set apart (sequester oneself from the world; a sequestered life; a sequestered cottage). 2 = SEQUESTRATE. 3 Chem. bind (a metal ion) so that it cannot react. Etymology: ME f. OF sequestrer or… …
25sequester — 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… …
26sequester — verb /sɪˈkwɛs.tə,səˈkwɛs.tə,sɪˈkwɛs.tɚ,səˈkwɛs.tɚ/ a) To separate from all external influence. The jury was sequestered from the press by the judges order. b) To separate in order to store. The coal burning plant was ordered to sequester its CO… …
27sequester — se·ques·ter si kwes tər vt to hold (as a metallic ion) in solution esp. for the purpose of suppressing undesired chemical or biological activity sequester n SEQUESTRUM * * * se·ques·ter (sə kwesґtər) [L.; Fr. sequestrer to shut up… …
28sequester — verb Sequester is used with these nouns as the object: ↑jury …
29sequester — se|ques|ter [sıˈkwestə US ər] v [T usually passive] formal [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: sequestrer, from Late Latin sequestrare to give to someone to keep safe , from Latin sequester someone given something to keep safe ] 1.) to keep a …
30sequester — [[t]sɪkwe̱stə(r)[/t]] sequesters, sequestering, sequestered 1) VERB Sequester means the same as sequestrate. [LEGAL] [be V ed] Everything he owned was sequestered. [Also V n] 2) VERB If someone is sequestered somewhere, they are isolated from… …
