sequester
to isolate
TRANSLATION
sequester = absondern, beschlagnahmen --- How important is this English word? sequester: 2,080,000 Google Hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
It is possible to remove carbon from the atmosphere and SEQUESTER it in forests and forest products, even though the trend to date has been the reverse.
(Woods Hole Research Center, www.whrc.com)
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At 10 P.M., the judge ordered the jurors (die Geschworene) SEQUESTERED at a hotel and prohibited them from talking about the case or reading or listening to press accounts.
(New York Times)
(Woods Hole Research Center, www.whrc.com)
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At 10 P.M., the judge ordered the jurors (die Geschworene) SEQUESTERED at a hotel and prohibited them from talking about the case or reading or listening to press accounts.
(New York Times)
Did you
know?
sequester
verb
1. To cause to withdraw into seclusion.
2. To remove or set apart; segregate.
3. To take temporary possession of (property) as security against legal claims (legal term).
(The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition, 2000)
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ETYMOLOGY
Borrowed from Old French sequestrer and directly from lower Latin sequestrare meaning to place something in safekeeping.
(Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology)
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SYNONYMS
cloister, close off, cut off, draw back, hide, insulate, seclude, segregate, separate, set apart, set off
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say something like:
“After announcing that our flight was delayed, they sequestered us in the gate area for two hours!”
verb
1. To cause to withdraw into seclusion.
2. To remove or set apart; segregate.
3. To take temporary possession of (property) as security against legal claims (legal term).
(The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition, 2000)
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ETYMOLOGY
Borrowed from Old French sequestrer and directly from lower Latin sequestrare meaning to place something in safekeeping.
(Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology)
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SYNONYMS
cloister, close off, cut off, draw back, hide, insulate, seclude, segregate, separate, set apart, set off
---
IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
“After announcing that our flight was delayed, they sequestered us in the gate area for two hours!”
