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    [Verb]  | "se*ques*ter" | \ si-ˈkwe-stər \


    1: to set apart : segregate

    2: seclude, withdraw

    3: to seize especially by a writ of sequestration


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English sequestren, from Anglo-French sequestrer, from Latin sequestrare to hand over to a trustee, from sequester third party to whom disputed property is entrusted, agent, from secus beside, otherwise; akin to Latin sequi to follow;

    [Verb]  | "sequestering" 


    1: to set or keep apart from others;


      * e.g., " ... sequestered the woman until she was no longer contagious "





    2: to take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority;


      * e.g., " ... police found and sequestered several illegal weapons "



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    [Verb]  | "sequester" 


    1: to set or keep apart from others;


      * e.g., " ... sequestered the woman until she was no longer contagious "





    2: to take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority;


      * e.g., " ... police found and sequestered several illegal weapons "



    •  Antonyms : 

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