Meaning

3 senses

  1. Sequestration; separation

    Abscheidung, Abtrennung, Absonderung

  2. A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a referee

    Zwangsverwalter, Sequester

  3. A sequestrum.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. The jury was sequestered.

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  2. "Nor yet proud Ilion nor her towers had stood; / in lowly vales sequestered they abode."

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  3. Sequestered in a three-bedroom apartment, they are experiencing moderate symptoms so far: upset stomach, headaches, shortness of breath and dry coughs.

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Translations

2 languages
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By meaning 2
sequestration, separation:
a person with whom two or more parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy:

Origin

From Middle English sequestren (verb) and sequestre (noun), from Old French sequestrer, fr

From Middle English sequestren (verb) and sequestre (noun), from Old French sequestrer, from Late Latin sequestrō (“separate, give up for safekeeping”), from Latin sequester (“mediator, depositary”), probably originally meaning "follower", from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“follow”).

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Forms

plural: sequesters
Singularsequester
Pluralsequesters

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sequelC1sequenceB1sequentialsequestrationsequoiaserenade

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