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Sequester — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • sequester verb To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.

Senses

Sequester is used for these senses in English:

  • sequester (legal) A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a referee
  • sequester (medicine) A sequestrum.
  • sequestrum A fragment of bone or other dead tissue that has separated during necrosis.

sequester — full definition

  1. verb To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.
  2. verb To separate in order to store.
  3. verb To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.
  4. verb To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound.

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