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View usage for: (sɪkwestəʳ) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense sequesters, present participle sequestering, past tense, past participle sequestered1. verbSequester means the same as sequestrate. [law] Everything he owned was sequestered. [be VERB-ed] [Also VERB noun ]Synonyms: take, seize, confiscate, appropriate More Synonyms of sequester 2. verbIf someone is sequestered somewhere, they are isolated from other people. [formal] This jury is expected to be sequestered for at least two months. [be VERB-ed] Synonyms: isolate, cut off, seclude, retire More Synonyms of sequester sequester in British English (sɪˈkwɛstə) verb (transitive)2. (usually passive) to retire into seclusion 3. law to take (property) temporarily out of the possession of its owner, esp until the claims of creditors are satisfied or a court order is complied with 4. international law to requisition or appropriate (enemy property) Derived forms sequestrable (seˈquestrable) adjective Word origin C14: from Late Latin sequestrāre to surrender for safekeeping, from Latin sequester a trustee sequester in American English (sɪˈkwɛstər) verb transitive1. to set off or apart; separate; segregate; often, to segregate or isolate (the jury) during a trial 2. to take and hold (property) by judicial authority, for safekeeping or as security, until a legal dispute is resolved 3. to take over; confiscate; seize, esp. by authority 4. to withdraw; seclude often used reflexively Word origin ME sequestren < MFr sequestrer < LL sequestrare, to remove, lay aside, separate < L sequester, trustee, akin to sequi: see sequent Examples of 'sequester' in a sentencesequester Definition Everything he owned was sequestered. Definition to seclude This jury is expected to be sequestered for at least two months. Synonyms cut off seclude set apart shut away Additional synonymsDefinition to take for one's own use without permission Several other newspapers have appropriated the idea. Synonyms seize, take, claim, assume, take over, acquire, confiscate, annex, usurp, impound, pre-empt, commandeer, take possession of, expropriate (formal), arrogateDefinition to claim or seize without justification He arrogated the privilege to himself alone. Synonyms seize, demand, assume, appropriate, presume, usurp, commandeer, expropriate (formal), claim unduly Definition to take as if by right The soldiers commandeered vehicles in the capital. Synonyms seize, appropriate, hijack, confiscate, requisition, sequester, expropriate (formal), sequestrate - sepulchre
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Additional synonymsDefinition to seize (property) by authority They confiscated weapons, ammunition and propaganda material. Synonyms seize, appropriate, impound, commandeer, sequester, expropriate (formal), sequestrate Definition (of a government or other official body) to take (money or property) away from its owners The Bolsheviks expropriated the property of the landowners. Synonyms seize, take, appropriate, confiscate, assume, take over, take away, commandeer, requisition, arrogateDefinition to take legal possession of The police arrested him and impounded the cocaine. Synonyms confiscate, appropriate, seize, commandeer, sequester, expropriate (formal), sequestrate Definition to pull back (troops) from battle or (of troops) to fall back He was wounded, but did not retire from the field. Synonyms retreat, withdraw, pull out, give way, recede, pull back, back off, decamp, give ground Definition to take legal possession of Police were reported to have seized all copies of the newspaper. Synonyms confiscate, appropriate, commandeer, impound, take possession of, requisition, sequester, expropriate (formal), sequestrate Earl had taken possession of the gun. Synonyms seize, take, appropriate, get hold of, confiscate, impound, commandeer, requisition, sequester, expropriate (formal), help yourself to, sequestrate Definition to leave one place to go to another, usually quieter, place The waiter poured the water and then withdrew. Synonyms go, leave, retire, retreat, depart, make yourself scarce, absent yourself |