noun
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Sequestration; separation
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A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a referee.
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A sequestrum.
verb
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To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.
example
The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order.
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To separate in order to store.
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To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.
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To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound
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To temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims.
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To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc.
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To remove (certain funds) automatically from a budget.
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The Budget Control Act of 2011 sequestered 1.2 trillion dollars over 10 years on January 2, 2013.
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To seize and hold enemy property.
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To withdraw; to retire.
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To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.
Examples of sequester in a Sentence
To keep them safe, the man decided to sequester his most valuable items in a safe.
The plan is to sequester ourselves in a cabin for a few days and separate ourselves from all technology.
Finally, when reforestation is for a permanent land change, forests can remove and sequester carbon from the atmosphere.
The doctor recommended that the ill patient should sequester himself in an isolated room to avoid infecting others.
The court will sequester all assets of the man until he pays what is due.
On average, farmers will sequester about 60 tons of carbon per hectare, resulting in $ 480 per hectare.
They sequester iron at the position marked by the asterisk.
The cyanobacteria and algae that make up the crusts can fix atmospheric nitrogen and sequester carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere.
If the toast is slightly burnt, the charcoal can help sequester toxins and pull them from the body.
The experience of being trapped in a house for 66 days, not to mention hotel sequester before and after, did make me appreciate everything so much more, like the trees, the ocean, choice of food, my friends, my own bed and freedom!
I went for a week only eating soup before sequester to see whether I could mentally stand being on slop for a week.
I even did pushups and sit-ups in the hotel during sequester.
I did strength training and running before sequester.