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Meaning of sequester

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

sequester

Pronunciation:/səˈkwɛs.tə//səˈkwɛs.tɚ/

noun

Definitions

  1. Sequestration; separation

  2. A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a referee.

  3. A sequestrum.

verb

Definitions

  1. To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.

    Example: The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order.

  2. To separate in order to store.

  3. To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.

  4. To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound