verb
sequester
Sequester (verb) means to keep someone or something away from all outside contact or influence.
verb
1
To keep someone or something away from all outside contact or influence.
"The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order."
2
To set something apart in order to keep it in storage.
"The coal burning plant was ordered to sequester its CO₂ emissions."
3
To put something aside, away from everything else.
4
(chemistry) To stop an ion in a solution behaving normally by locking it into a more complex compound.
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Etymology
Came from Middle English sequestren (the verb) and sequestre (the noun), from Old French sequestrer, from Late Latin sequestrō (“separate, give up for safekeeping”), from Latin sequester (“mediator, depositary”), which probably originally meant “follower”, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“follow”).
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What is the meaning of sequester?
"sequester" (verb) means to keep someone or something away from all outside contact or influence.
What is another word for sequester?
Other words for "sequester" include withdraw, seize, seclude, impound, isolate, confiscate.
What are the different meanings of sequester?
"sequester" has 3 main meanings: 1. To keep someone or something away from all outside contact or influence; 2. To set something apart in order to keep it in storage; 3. To put something aside, away from everything else.
