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sequester
[ si-kwes-ter ]
verb (used with object)
- to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement; seclude.
- to keep apart from others; segregate or isolate:
The jury was sequestered until a verdict was reached.
- Law. to remove (property) temporarily from the possession of the owner; seize and hold, as the property and income of a debtor, until legal claims are satisfied.
- International Law. to requisition, hold, and control (enemy property).
- to trap (a chemical in the atmosphere or environment) and isolate it in a natural or artificial storage area:
There are processes to sequester carbon from a power plant's exhaust gases.
Plants can sequester toxins and store them in their tissues.
noun
- an act or instance of sequestering; separation; isolation.
domestic programs starved for cash by the federal sequester.
sequester
/ ɪˈɛə /
verb
- to remove or separate
- usually passive to retire into seclusion
- law to take (property) temporarily out of the possession of its owner, esp until the claims of creditors are satisfied or a court order is complied with
- international law to requisition or appropriate (enemy property)
Derived Forms
- ˈٰܱ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ·ܱt· adjective
- ԴDzȴ·ܱt adjective
- -·ܱt adjective
- ܲȴ·ܱt adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of sequester1
Word History and Origins
Origin of sequester1
Example Sentences
Urchins devour kelp, which sequesters carbon and serves as shelter and food for a vast array of marine life.
Yondr makes a locking pouch that for years has been used at entertainment events to sequester cellphones and now is being deployed at hundreds of L.A.
As biomass like trees and crops grow, they sequester carbon in their leaves and branches.
The wetlands ringing a beaver pond sequester carbon and clean the water, filtering out pollutants like nitrogen and phosphorus.
The dormitory at Casa Santa Marta, where the cardinals are sequestered, is purposefully more modern than the Sistine Chapel and the other Vatican rooms.
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