English Explanatory Dictionary

sequester

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.
To separate in order to store.
To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.
To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound.
To temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims.
To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc.
To remove (certain funds) automatically from a budget.
To seize and hold enemy property.
To withdraw; to retire.
To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.

noun

sequestration; separation
A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a referee
A sequestrum.

Pronunciation

/sɪˈkwɛs.tə/ /səˈkwɛs.tə/ /sɪˈkwɛs.tɚ/ /səˈkwɛs.tɚ/ en-us-sequester.ogg

Word forms

sequester sequesters sequestering sequestered

Etymology

From Middle English sequestren (verb) and sequestre (noun), from Old French sequestrer, from Late Latin sequestrō (“separate, give up for safekeeping”), from Latin sequester (“mediator, depositary”), probably originally meaning "follower", from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“follow”).

Synonyms

segregate allocate appropriate shelve assign dedicate detach designate earmark preselect put aside secern secernate separate sepose sequester set apart set aside

Related words

sequel sequence sequacious segue

Derived words

biosequester cryosequester geosequester resequester sequesterable sequestered adjective sequesterer sequesterment sequestrable adjective sequestrate verb sequestration noun sequestrator noun

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