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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.