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Synonyms for sequestered

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

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Définition of sequestered

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 :
  • Any sober intelligence from my sequestered life is all you have to expect from me.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • Perhaps she was just as sequestered and guileless and inexperienced as that.
  • Extract from : « The Innocent Adventuress » by Mary Hastings Bradley
  • The most sequestered, the most 263 dreary place, I have yet seen.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • "The journal is sequestered," said the inspector to David Rossi.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • This, too, was sequestered by a judge's order, "awaiting proceedings."
  • Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
  • He crept into a sequestered spot, and watched their progress.
  • Extract from : « Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3) » by James Athearn Jones
  • They accepted the gift and sequestered the property on the terms of the donor.
  • Extract from : « The History of Dartmouth College » by Baxter Perry Smith
  • Christopher was fond of viewing life from this sequestered corner.
  • Extract from : « Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker » by Marguerite Bryant
  • I determined to go to some sequestered resort where my face was unfamiliar.
  • Extract from : « The Celebrity, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • They live retired and sequestered from the eyes of their fellow-citizens.
  • Extract from : « The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire » by Edward Gibbon

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