sequester

v., -tered, -ter·ing, -ters.

v.tr.

1. To cause to withdraw into seclusion.
2. To remove or set apart; segregate. See synonyms at isolate.
3. Law.
   1. To take temporary possession of (property) as security against legal claims.
   2. To requisition and confiscate (enemy property).

v.intr. Chemistry
To undergo sequestration.

[Middle English sequestren, from Old French, from Latin sequestrāre, to give up for safekeeping, from Latin sequester, depositary, trustee.]

verb

1. To put into solitude: cloister, seclude, sequestrate. See include/exclude.
2. To set apart from a group: close off, cut off, insulate, isolate, seclude, segregate, separate. See include/exclude.

v

Definition: isolate, seclude
Antonyms: bring out, make public, reveal, uncover

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v

To detach, separate, or isolate. A patient might be sequestered to prevent the spread of an infection or the isolation of a jury during the conduct of a trial.

[sǝܒkwestǝr]

sǝˈkwestǝr v. isolate or hide away (someone or something): Tiberius was sequestered on an island.

n.

a general cut in government spending: an across-the-board sequester to reduce spending by 3%.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

To separate from or to hold aside, as in to sequester assets or to sequester witnesses during a trial. See sequestration.

To detach or separate abnormally a small portion from the whole.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - konfiskere, beslaglægge, afsætte, isolere, afsondre
v. intr. - isolere sig

Nederlands (Dutch)
afzonderen, in beslag nemen

Français (French)
v. tr. - (Fin, Jur) mettre (qch) sous séquestre, séquestrer (sout)
v. intr. - (Chim) isoler

Deutsch (German)
v. - absondern, sequestrieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διαχωρίζω, απομονώνω, κατάσχω

Italiano (Italian)
segregare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - seqüestrar

Русский (Russian)
налагать арест, конфисковать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - secuestrar, embargar, confiscar, separar, apartar, retirar
v. intr. - renunciar (la viuda) a intervenir en la liquidación de la herencia del marido

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - isolera, avskilja, avskärma

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使隐退, 扣押, 使隔绝, 隔绝

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使隱退, 扣押, 使隔絕
v. intr. - 隔絕

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 격리하다, 몰수하다, ~을 고립시키다
v. intr. - (미망인이) 망부의 유산에 대한 요구를 포기하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 隔離する, 隠退させる, 差し押さえる
n. - 腐骨, 没収された

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يصادر, يحجز, يعزل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הפריד, בודד, הרחיק, פרש, עיקל, תפס‬
v. intr. - ‮נסוג, התבודד‬

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