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sequestered
adj. separated, segregated; isolated, secluded; seized temporarily pending the outcome of a legal claim (Law)
 
sequester
v. segregate, separate, set apart; seclude, withdraw; temporarily seize property until the settlement of a legal claim (Law); seize enemy property (International Law)


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Sequestration
The term sequestration can have different meanings according to the context. Sequestration (law), the act of seizing property from the owner under process of law for the benefit of creditors or the state
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sequestered
Adjective
1. providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot"
(synonym) cloistered, reclusive, secluded
(similar) private
2. kept separate and secluded; "a sequestered jury"
(similar) segregated, unintegrated

 
sequester
Verb
1. requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered"
(hypernym) take
(verb-group) impound, attach, confiscate, seize
2. take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
(synonym) impound, attach, confiscate, seize
(hypernym) take
(hyponym) garnishee, garnish
(derivation) sequestration, requisition
3. undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion; "The cations were sequestered"
(hypernym) change
(derivation) sequestration
(classification) chemistry, chemical science
4. keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
(synonym) seclude, sequestrate, withdraw
(hypernym) isolate, insulate
(verb-group) adjourn, withdraw, retire
(derivation) segregation, sequestration
5. set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"
(synonym) sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate
(hypernym) separate, disunite, divide, part


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Sequestered
(imp. & p. p.)
of Sequester
  
 
(a.)
Retired; secluded.
  

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
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sequestered
Synonyms and related words:
abstruse, alienated, anchoritic, anonymous, at rest, beclouded, blind, buried, calm, cloistered, close, closet, closeted, clouded, concealed, cool, covered, covert, detached, disarticulated, disconnected, disengaged, disjoined, disjoint, disjointed, disjunct, dislocated, dispersed, disunited, divided, divorced, domestic, dwindling, ebbing, eclipsed, eremitic, estranged, even-tenored, halcyon, hermetic, hermitic, hermitish, hid, hidden, hushed, impassive, in a cloud, in a fog, in eclipse, in purdah, in the wings, incognito, incommunicado, inmost, innermost, interior, intimate, inward, isolated, latent, moldering, mysterious, obfuscated, obscure, obscured, occult, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, personal, placid, private, privy, quiescent, quiet, recluse, recondite, removed, reposeful, reposing, restful, resting, retired, scattered, secluded, secluse, seclusive, secret, segregated, separated, sequestrated, sheltered, shut in, shut off, shut up, smooth, stay-at-home, still, still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, subsiding, tranquil, unagitated, under an eclipse, under cover, under house arrest, under wraps, underground, undisturbed, unknown, unmoved, unperturbed, unruffled, unstirring, untroubled, waning, withdrawn, wrapped in clouds
  

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