单词 | sequestered |
释义 | sequesteredadj. a. Separated; cut off from congenial surroundings. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [adjective] solec1407 separate1600 sequestereda1616 unconjunctive1643 recluse1656 separated1730 removed1766 insulated1781 stray1796 insulate1803 isolated1811 Robinson Crusoe1823 incommunicado1844 shut-out1853 isolate1854 marooned1883 cut-off1894 shut-away1911 shut-off1913 splitsville1964 a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. i. 33 To the which place a poore sequestred Stag That from the Hunters aime had tane a hurt, Did come to languish. View more context for this quotation 1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide ix. i. 57 To humbler Strains, ye Nine, descend, And greet my poor sequester'd Friend. 1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity I. v. 413 [They] suffer some grief in their sequestered state. b. Under sentence of sequestration; esp. Church History. Of the dispossessed clergy under the Commonwealth: Deprived of a benefice. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > having no possessions > deprived of an ecclesiastical benefice sequestereda1661 society > faith > worship > benefice > [adjective] > holding > not > deprived of sequestereda1661 a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 37 Next I desire them to reflect upon aged sequestred Ministers; whom with their charge, the (generally ill paid) fifth part will not maintain. 1663 A. Cowley Cutter of Coleman-St. v. xiii. 68 Fifteen hundred pounds a year is no ill match for the daughter of a Sequestred Cavalier. 1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 79 He is a poor sequestred Parson. 1808 W. Wilson Hist. Dissenting Churches I. 366 At Cliff..he succeeded Dr. Griffith Higges, the sequestered minister. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [adjective] > sequestrated sequestered1649 sequestrated1726 1649 (title) Two resolutions of Parliament respecting tenants of sequestred estates. 1765–8 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. ii. xii. §58 The rules by which a judicial factor on a sequestered estate ought to conduct himself. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [adjective] > of or relating to named chemical reactions or processes > resulting from separation sequestered1661 abstractitious1722 1661 R. Boyle Sceptical Chymist iv. 260 These sequestered substances. 2. a. Sheltered, retired, secluded. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > [adjective] reclusedc1443 quiet1507 withdrawing1576 secluse1597 reclusive1600 secluded1604 recluse1608 withdrawn?1615 sequestering1620 monastica1631 anchorite1639 solitousa1656 sequestered1658 snug1710 hermitish1812 anchoritish1823 umbratic1839 Garboesque1928 Garboic1937 1658 J. Robinson Endoxa Pref. 2 Neither my Genius, nor calling, will allow me a sequestred time, to dwell long upon any subject. 1751 T. Gray Elegy xix. 9 Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. 1773 W. Cowper Ode to Peace 17 And wilt thou quit the stream..The grove and the sequester'd shed, To be a guest with them? 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor viii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 117 To this sequestered spot Colonel Ashton had guided the stranger. 1878 H. S. Leigh Town Garland 204 In a part of a suburb sequestered and gloomy I took up my quarters a twelvemonth ago. b. Of persons: Retired, living a secluded life or in a quiet, unfrequented place. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > [adjective] > retired or secluded (of person) recluse?c1225 private1585 shadya1586 retired1590 umbraticala1637 sequestered1643 reclusive1749 umbratile1850 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. vi. 273 These Bonehomes,..(the poorest of Orders) and Eremites, (the most sequestred of begging-Fryers) had two..Covents in England. a1781 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip III (1783) iv. 288 This imputation had often been cast upon the Morescoes, by speculative and sequestered men, who had no access to know the truth of their assertion. 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion v. 233 In powers of mind, In scale of culture, few among my Flock Hold lower rank than this sequestered Pair. View more context for this quotation 1834 T. De Quincey Cæsars in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 965/1 The Emperor, himself a sacred and sequestered creature, might be supposed to enjoy the secret tutelage of the Supreme Deity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.a1616 |
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