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Definition of sequester

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Sequester (v. t.) To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to another, and hold it till the profits have paid the demand for which it is taken, or till the owner has performed the decree of court, or clears himself of contempt; in international law, to confiscate..

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Appropriation :: Appropriation (n.) The severing or sequestering of a benefice to the perpetual use of a spiritual corporation. Blackstone.

Single :: Single (v. t.) To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.

Sequestering :: Sequestering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sequeste.

Sequester :: Sequester (v. t.) To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to another, and hold it till the profits have paid the demand for which it is taken, or till the owner has performed the decree of court, or clears himself of contempt; in international law, to confiscate..

Sequestered :: Sequestered (imp. & p. p.) of Sequeste.

Seclusive :: Seclusive (a.) Tending to seclude; keeping in seclusion; secluding; sequestering.

Sequester :: Sequester (v. t.) To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc..

Sequestrate :: Sequestrate (v. t.) To sequester.

Sequester :: Sequester (n.) A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a mediator; an umpire or referee.

Sequester :: Sequester (v. i.) To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.

Recluse :: Recluse (a.) Shut up; sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life..

Sequestered :: Sequestered (a.) Retired; secluded.

Private :: Private (a.) Sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a private room or apartment; private prayer..

Sequester :: Sequester (n.) Same as Sequestrum.

Sequestrable :: Sequestrable (a.) Capable of being sequestered; subject or liable to sequestration.

Lonely :: Lonely (superl.) Sequestered from company or neighbors; solitary; retired; as, a lonely situation; a lonely cell..

Sequester :: Sequester (n.) Sequestration; separation.

Religious :: Religious (n.) A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concern, and devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk or friar; a nun..

Sequester :: Sequester (v. t.) To cause to retire or withdraw into obscurity; to seclude; to withdraw; -- often used reflexively.

Sequester :: Sequester (v. i.) To withdraw; to retire.