Word of the Day - July 30, 2024


SEQUESTER

  • hold (as a metallic ion) in solution usually by inclusion in an appropriate coordination complex
  • place (property) in custody especially in sequestration
  • seize especially by a writ of sequestration
  • To sequester a person or group is to keep them separate or apart from other people. Sequester is also often used to mean “to bind or absorb (carbon dioxide) as part of a larger chemical process or compound.”
  • to set apart segregate sequester a jury
  • to set apart segregate.
  • to set apart; to seize by authority of a writ [v -ED, -ING, -S]