Synonyms for sequester


Grammar : Verb
Spell : si-kwes-ter
Phonetic Transcription : sɪˈkwɛs tər

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Définition of sequester

Origin :
  • late 14c., "remove" something, "quarantine, isolate" (someone); "excommunicate;" also intransitive, "separate oneself from," from Old French sequestrer (14c.), from Late Latin sequestrare "to place in safekeeping," from Latin sequester "trustee, mediator," noun use of an adjective meaning "intermediate," which probably is related to sequi "to follow" (see sequel). Meaning "seize by authority, confiscate" is first attested 1510s. Alternative sequestrate (v.) is early 15c., from Latin sequestratus. Related: Sequestered; sequestering.
  • verb isolate, seclude
Example sentences :
  • An undertaking of such scope was too big to sequester in any man's back yard.
  • Extract from : « Trail's End » by George W. Ogden
  • And would not every one be able to assign the reason why Clarissa Harlowe chose solitude, and to sequester herself from the world?
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 7 » by Samuel Richardson
  • But beyond the pledgee and the sequester (a receiver appointed by the court) these exceptions are unimportant and disputed.
  • Extract from : « The Common Law » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • They could bequeath their goods without having him sequester an outrageous part.
  • Extract from : « Life on a Mediaeval Barony » by William Stearns Davis
  • He seemed rather peculiar, and perhaps it would be just as well to sequester him as far off as possible.
  • Extract from : « Kit of Greenacre Farm » by Izola Forrester
  • Mrs. Proudie would come upon him in such a case as that, and sequester his living.
  • Extract from : « The Last Chronicle of Barset » by Anthony Trollope
  • We decided that somewhere we should find a suitable wooded nook where we could sequester ourselves for the night.
  • Extract from : « An American Idyll » by Cornelia Stratton Parker
  • The hand, which he makes use of to sequester ancient rights, and to open a way to the desert over the fruitful land.
  • Extract from : « Uarda, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • But Clear, as I may call him, was very violent, and quite justified Mrs. Clear's desire to sequester him.
  • Extract from : « The Silent House » by Fergus Hume
  • Why has Judith chosen this particular time to shut up her flat and sequester herself in Paris?
  • Extract from : « The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne » by William J. Locke

Antonyms for sequester

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