English dictionary

sequester

/s/I/'kw/E/st/@/r/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

requisition forcibly, as of enemy property

verb.possession

Examples
The estate was sequestered.

Source: WordNet 3.0
take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

verb.possession

Synonyms attach confiscate impound seize

Source: WordNet 3.0
undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion

verb.change

Examples
The cations were sequestered.

Source: WordNet 3.0
keep away from others

verb.change

Examples
He sequestered himself in his study to write a book.

Synonyms seclude sequestrate withdraw

Source: WordNet 3.0
set apart from others

verb.change

Examples
The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on.

Synonyms isolate keep apart sequestrate set apart

Source: WordNet 3.0
To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to another, and hold it till the profits have paid the demand for which it is taken, or till the owner has performed the decree of court, or clears himself of contempt; in international law, to confiscate.

verb

Source: webster1913
To withdraw; to retire.

verb

Source: webster1913