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sequester en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /sɪˈkwɛs.tɚ/ (General-American)
  • /sɪˈkwɛs.tə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /səˈkwɛs.tə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /səˈkwɛs.tɚ/ (General-American)

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”).

Meanings

  1. sequestration; separation
    • A sequester from liberty , fasting , and prayer c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
  2. A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a referee
  3. A sequestrum.

Forms

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sequesters Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (10)

de Zwangsverwalter (a person with whom two or more parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy) · pl sekwestracja (sequestration, separation) · de Sequester (a person with whom two or more parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy) · pl sekwestr (sequestration, separation) · de Abtrennung (sequestration, separation) · bg отделяне (sequestration, separation) · de Abscheidung (sequestration, separation) · bg изолиране (sequestration, separation) · de Absonderung (sequestration, separation) · pl areszt (sequestration, separation)

sequester en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /sɪˈkwɛs.tɚ/ (General-American)
  • /sɪˈkwɛs.tə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /səˈkwɛs.tə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /səˈkwɛs.tɚ/ (General-American)

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”).

Meanings

  1. To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.
    • The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order.
    • when men most sequester themselves from action [1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):
  2. To separate in order to store.
    • The coal burning plant was ordered to sequester its CO₂ emissions.
    • There has been some investigation into the potential of seaweeds as a carbon store, and although more is needed, one study says that seaweed habitats are believed to be the most productive of all coastal vegetated ecosystems, and suggested that the world’s seaweed sequesters as much carbon as all the planet’s seagrass meadows, saltmarshes and mangroves combined. 2023 September 25, Vincent Doumeizel, “Opinion: Seaweed is nutritious, not slimy. Eating it could save the world.”, in CNN:
  3. To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.
    • I had wholly sequestered my thoughts from civil affairs. a. 1627 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “Considerations Touching a Warre with Spaine. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany Works of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. […], London: […] I. Hauiland for Humphrey Robinson, […], published 1629, →OCLC:
  4. To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound.
  5. To temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims.
  6. To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc.
    • c. 1694, Robert South, sermon XXIV It was his tailor and his cook, his fine fashions and his French ragouts, which sequestered him.
  7. (US, transitive) To 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.
  8. (qualifier:international law) To seize and hold enemy property.
  9. (intransitive) To withdraw; to retire.
    • to sequester out of the world into Atlantic and Utopian politics 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC:
  10. (dated) To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.

Forms

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sequestering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sequestered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sequestered Tense=Past lexicographic
sequesters Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

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

Relateds

segue · sequel · sequence · sequacious

Synonyms

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

Translations (46)

ro sechestra (chemistry: to prevent an ion from behaving normally) · no sekvestrere (to separate from all external influence) · bg отделя́ (to separate in order to store) · tr ayırmak (to separate from all external influence) · de absondern (to separate from all external influence) · nl afzonderen (to separate from all external influence) · es aislar (to separate from all external influence) · hu zárol (law: to temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims) · fi eristää (to separate from all external influence) · de abscheiden (to separate in order to store) · cs oddělit (to separate from all external influence) · de sequestrieren (law: to temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims) · hu zár alá vesz (law: to temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims) · hu visszavonul (to withdraw; to retire) · ru изолировать (to separate from all external influence) · bg заде́лям (to separate in order to store) · bg изолирам (to separate from all external influence) · fr séquestrer (to separate from all external influence) · ru уре́зать (to separate in order to store) · es separar (to separate from all external influence) · de beschlagnahmen und zwangsverwalten (law: to temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims) · bg заделя́ (to separate in order to store) · cmn 隔绝 (to separate from all external influence) · hu elkülönít (to separate from all external influence) · hu elzárkózik (to withdraw; to retire) · tr tecrit etmek (to separate from all external influence) · hu félrevonul (to withdraw; to retire) · ro pune sub sechestru (to separate from all external influence) · fr mettre sous séquestre (to separate from all external influence) · fi erottaa (to separate from all external influence) · es inclaustrar (to separate from all external influence) · hu elkülönít (US, politics, law: to remove (certain funds) automatically from a budget) · es enclaustrar (to separate from all external influence) · ro sechestra (to separate from all external influence) · hu lefoglal (law: to temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims) · de unter Sequester stellen (law: to temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims) · bg отде́лям (to separate in order to store) · hu elkülönül (to withdraw; to retire) · hu különválaszt (to separate from all external influence) · fi takavarikoida (law: to temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims) · cmn 隔离 (to separate from all external influence) · cmn 假扣押 (law: to temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims) · hu elkoboz (law: to temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims) · fr séquestrer (chemistry: to prevent an ion from behaving normally) · ru секвестировать (to separate in order to store) · ko 격리하다 (to separate from all external influence)