Sequester - meaning and definition. What is Sequester
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What (who) is Sequester - definition

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Sequestering; Sequester; Sequesters; Sequestered; Sequester (disambiguation); Sequestering (disambiguation); Sequestration (disambiguation)

sequester         
(sequesters, sequestering, sequestered)
1.
Sequester means the same as sequestrate
. (LEGAL)
Everything he owned was sequestered.
VERB: be V-ed, also V n
2.
If someone is sequestered somewhere, they are isolated from other people. (FORMAL)
This jury is expected to be sequestered for at least two months.
VERB: be V-ed
sequester         
v. a.
1.
Separate, set aside, sequestrate.
2.
Remove, put aside, separate, set apart.
3.
Withdraw, seclude, retire.
sequester         
[s?'kw?st?]
¦ verb
1. [often as adjective sequestered] isolate or hide away.
2. another term for sequestrate.
3. Chemistry form a chelate or other stable compound with (an ion, molecule, etc.) so that it cannot react.
Origin
ME: from OFr. sequestrer or late L. sequestrare 'commit for safe keeping', from L. sequester 'trustee'.

Wikipedia

Sequestration

Sequestration or sequester may refer to:

Examples of use of Sequester
1. FutureGen will be designed to capture carbon dioxide and sequester it in deep underground geologic formations.
2. That might force a judge to sequester the jury, argued Nicholas A.
3. He said that the only assets belonging to Ahmed that the Crown could sequester came to 5.1 million.
4. In their research, Meagher‘s team genetically engineered plants that could sequester 16–fold more arsenic in leaves than normal plants.
5. The Indians and Santa Cruz mostly white residents accuse each other of trying to sequester Bolivia‘s gas.