sequester

¹se·ques·ter

verb \si-ˈkwes-tər\

se·ques·teredse·ques·ter·ing\-t(ə-)riŋ\

Definition of SEQUESTER

transitive verb

1

a : to set apart : segregate <sequester a jury> b : seclude, withdraw <widely spaced homes are forbiddingly grand and sequestered — Don Asher>

2

a : to seize especially by a writ of sequestration b : to place (property) in custody especially in sequestration

3

: to hold (as a metallic ion) in solution usually by inclusion in an appropriate coordination complex

Examples of SEQUESTER

1. The jury was sequestered until a verdict was reached.
2. He was sequestered in his room.

Origin of SEQUESTER

Middle English sequestren, from Anglo-French sequestrer, from Latin sequestrare to hand over to a trustee, from sequester third party to whom disputed property is entrusted, agent, from secus beside, otherwise; akin to Latin sequi to follow

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to SEQUESTER

Synonyms: cut off, insulate, seclude, segregate, separate, isolate

Antonyms: desegregate, integrate, reintegrate

Related Words: quarantine; confine, immure, incarcerate, intern, jail, lock (up), restrain, restrict; abstract, detach, disengage, remove; detain, hold, keep

Near Antonyms: assimilate, associate, connect, join, link, unite; discharge, free, liberate, loose, release

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Other Legal Terms

actionable, alienable, carceral, chattel, complicity, decedent, larceny, malfeasance, modus operandi

Rhymes with SEQUESTER

arrester, attester, contester, detester, digester, infester, investor, Manchester, molester, northwester, requester, Rochester, semester, southwester, sou'wester, suggester, trimester