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sequester

verb

1 sequester

Requisition forcibly, as of enemy property.

2 sequester

Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority.

synonyms: attach, confiscate, impound, seize.

Roget 789: take, catch, hook, nab, bag, sack, pocket, put into one's pocket; receive; accept.    reap, crop, cull, ... show more

Roget 974: fine, mulct, amerce, sconce, confiscate; sequestrate, sequester; escheat [Law]; estreat, forfeit.   

Dutch: confisqueren

3 sequester

Undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion.

4 sequester

Keep away from others:
— He sequestered himself in his study to write a book.

synonyms: seclude, sequestrate, withdraw.

Dutch: afzonderen

5 sequester

Set apart from others:
— The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on.

synonyms: isolate, keep apart, sequestrate, set apart.

Dutch: isoleren


Moby thesaurus: abrupt, accroach, alienate, annex, arrogate, attach, cast off, cast out, cloister, close off, collectivize, commandeer, communalize, communize, confiscate, cut adrift, cut off, cut out, delete, depart ... show more.

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