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▪ I. † seˈquestrate, a. Obs.
Also 6–7 sequestrat.
[ad. late L. sequestrāt-us, pa. pple. of sequestrāre: see sequester v. and -ate2.]
1. Separated, cut off from.
1482Monk of Evesham (Arb.) 57 We came to a ful grete fylde, and as hyt semyd hyt was sette yn a lowe grownde sequestrate and departyd from al othir. 1502W. Atkynson tr. De Imitatione i. i. (1893) 153 And who so may haue the iey of theire soule sequestrate in worldlye thynges, in this scripture of our lorde may fynde swete manna. 1600W. Watson Decacordon (1602) 48 Religious men..wholy sequestrate from the world in body and mind. 1632Lithgow Trav. v. 194 Mount Libanus is sequestrate from the circum-iacent Regions.
b. Politically separate, independent.
1632Lithgow Trav. i. 25 The other sequestrate Tuscan iurisdiction, is the little comonwealth of Luca. Ibid. i. 39 This sequestrat Citty [Venice].
2. Sequestered, retired, secluded.
1632Lithgow Trav. vi. 297 Their dwellings being in sequestrate dennes. Ibid. viii. 352 [They] made merry with vs in..the best cheare their sequestrate cottage could afford. 1805Forsyth Beauties Scot. I. 342 It is..easy, by planting their banks, to beautify..a variety of sequestrate spots.
▪ II. sequestrate, v.|sɪˈkwɛstreɪt, ˈsiː-|
Also 6–7 Sc. sequestrat.
[f. late L. sequestrāt-, ppl. stem of sequestrāre: see sequester v. and -ate3.]
1. a. trans. To remove, put away; to seclude, keep away from general access or intercourse; to put in a place of concealment or confinement. = sequester v. 1. Now rare.
1513Douglas æneis xi. iii. 76 Tuelf days of trewis thai band, to stanch debait, For to kepe pece and weris sequestrate. c1555Harpsfield Divorce Hen. VIII (1878) 199 A celestial spouse, from whom she shall never be sequestrated and divorced. 1582–8Hist. & Life Jas. VI (1804) 54 We..were compellit to sequestrat hir for a seasoun in preseoun. 1733Arbuthnot Ess. Effects Air vii. 192 In general Contagions, more perish for want of Care and Necessaries, than by the Malignity of the Disease; they being, as it were, sequestrated from Mankind. 1831Scott Ct. Rob. xxvi, My purpose went no farther than to sequestrate Alexius for a little time from the fatigues of empire. 1840De Quincey Essenes (1887) 260 A sect sequestrating themselves and locking up their doctrines as secrets.
b. Physiol. To render (a biochemical compound) metabolically unavailable without destroying it; to remove from the circulation.
1961Lancet 29 July 258/1 The placenta, like the liver, can sequestrate and degrade insulin. 1977Proc. R. Soc. Med. LXX. 521/1 They suggested that the increased titres might be due to failure of the cirrhotic liver to sequestrate gut-derived antigens, which then reached immunologically competent areas of the body.
2. Law.
a. To divert the income of an estate or benefice, temporarily or permanently, from its owner into other hands. Cf. sequester v. 3.
1609Skene Reg. Maj. 63 Gif the patronage of anie kirk is sequestrat in the Kings hands, be reason of the contumacie of the patron [etc.]. 1804Wellington in Gurw. Desp. (1837) III. 26 It appears that half the revenue of the office..has been lately sequestrated. 1839W. O. Manning Law Nat. iv. v. (1875) 189 A right to sequestrate the taxes. 1871Smiles Charac. viii. (1876) 217 When..all his worldly estate had been sequestrated.
b. = sequester v. 3 c. Obs. exc. Hist.
1546J. Heywood Prov. (1867) 14, I shall..seperate All matters on both sydes, and than sequestrate Thone syde. 1650W. Dundas Let. to Cromwell 9 Sept., When Ministers of the Gospel have been..sequestrated.
†c. = sequester v. 3 b. Obs.
1656Blount Glossogr. 1761Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) III. xlix. 778 To compromise all differences, it was agreed to sequestrate it [a fortress] into the hands of the infanta as a neutral person.
d. Scots Law. (a) To place (lands, belonging to a bankrupt, or of disputed ownership) in the hands of a judicial factor or trustee, for the prevention of waste, or in order that the income arising may be applied for the benefit of the creditors. (b) In modern use: To place (the property of a bankrupt) in the hands of a trustee to be divided among the creditors; hence popularly, to make (a person) bankrupt.
1726[see sequestrated]. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. viii, The Deanses at Woodend!—I sequestrated them in the dear years, and now they are to flit, they'll starve. 1838W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. s.v. Sequestration, The Court may, if they think proper, sequestrate the rents, and appoint a judicial factor. 1909A. H. Millar Forf. Estates Papers (S.H.S.) Introd. 15 The creditors sequestrated many of the estates.
†e. intr. or absol. To perform an act of sequestration. Obs. rare—1.
1765–8Erskine Inst. Law Scot. ii. xii. §56 The debtor's consent to sequestrate. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. i, Landlord sequestrates—creditors accept a composition.
3. trans. To confiscate. = sequester v. 2.
1640–1Kirkcudbr. Comm. Min. Bk. (1855) 157 The whole goodes, geir, cornes, cattle, rentes and uthers perteining to thame, and now to the publict, are sequestrate and appryset to the use of the public. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. India II. 447 He did not long enjoy this accession to his resources, being shot as he sat in his court by a chief, whose Jagir he had sequestrated. 1860Motley Netherl. (1868) II. xv. 224 They found it convenient..to sequestrate for their own private uses the property of the Catholic Church.
Hence seˈquestrated ppl. a., in senses of the verb; also rarely † = sequestered.
1726Index Acts of Sederunt s.v. Factors, That Factors upon sequestrated Estates, shall make and produce Rentals of the Estate. 1823Scott Quentin D. Introd. note, An ancient sequestrated garden. 1865Good Words VI. 143 Auctions and sales of sequestrated furniture. |