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Sequester

noun
/səˈkwɛs.tə/
Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounSequestration; separation
2.nounA person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a referee.
3.nounA sequestrum.
4.verbTo separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.
"The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order."
5.verbTo separate in order to store.
6.verbTo set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.
7.verbTo prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound
8.verbTo temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims.
9.verbTo cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc.
10.verbTo remove (certain funds) automatically from a budget.
"The Budget Control Act of 2011 sequestered 1.2 trillion dollars over 10 years on January 2, 2013."
11.verbTo seize and hold enemy property.
12.verbTo withdraw; to retire.
13.verbTo renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.

Synonyms

segregatesequestrateisolatesecludewithdrawconfiscateimpoundset apartseizeattachkeep apartimprison

Rhymes With

pesterchesterjesterancestornestortestersemesterprotester
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