sequester
Meaning of sequester
noun
- Sequestration; separation
- A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a referee.
- A sequestrum.
- To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.
The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order.
- To separate in order to store.
- To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.
- To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound
- To temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims.
- To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc.
- To remove (certain funds) automatically from a budget.
The Budget Control Act of 2011 sequestered 1.2 trillion dollars over 10 years on January 2, 2013.
- To seize and hold enemy property.
- To withdraw; to retire.
- To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.
Information about sequester
- The plural form of sequester is: sequesters.
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Hyphenation of sequester
se-quester
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- sequester is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
sequester synonyms
Meaning impound:
impound, attach, confiscate, seize
Meaning seclude:
seclude, sequestrate, withdraw
Meaning sequestrate:
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Translation of sequester
- French: confisquer, saisir
- Italian: confiscare, sequestrare
- German: konfiszieren, beschlagnahmen
- Spanish: confiscar
- Portuguese: confiscar
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