sequester — Dictionnaire anglais

Verbe

1. To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.

   Exemples

   The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order.

   when men most sequester themselves from action

2. To separate in order to store.

   Exemples

   The coal burning plant was ordered to sequester its CO₂ emissions.

   Plus d’exemples (1)

   There has been some investigation into the potential of seaweeds as a carbon store, and although more is needed, one study says that seaweed habitats are believed to be the most productive of all coastal vegetated ecosystems, and suggested that the world’s seaweed sequesters as much carbon as all the planet’s seagrass meadows, saltmarshes and mangroves combined.

3. To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.

   Exemples

   I had wholly sequestered my thoughts from civil affairs.

4. To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound.

5. To temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims.

6. To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc.

   Exemples

   c. 1694, Robert South, sermon XXIV It was his tailor and his cook, his fine fashions and his French ragouts, which sequestered him.

7. To remove (certain funds) automatically from a budget.

   Usage

   • usage américain
   • transitif

   Exemples

   The Budget Control Act of 2011 sequestered 1.2 trillion dollars over 10 years on January 2, 2013.

8. To seize and hold enemy property.

9. To withdraw; to retire.

   Usage

   • intransitif

   Exemples

   to sequester out of the world into Atlantic and Utopian politics

10. To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.

    Usage

    • vieilli

Nom

1. sequestration; separation

   Exemples

   A sequester from liberty , fasting , and prayer

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

3. A sequestrum.

Verbe

1. requisition forcibly, as of enemy property

   Termes génériques

   take

   Exemples

   the estate was sequestered

2. take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

   Synonymes

   impoundattachconfiscateseize

   Termes génériques

   take

   Exemples

   The FBI seized the drugs

   The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment

   Plus d’exemples (1)

   The police confiscated the stolen artwork

3. undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion

   Termes génériques

   change

   Exemples

   The cations were sequestered

4. keep away from others

   Synonymes

   secludesequestratewithdraw

   Termes génériques

   isolateinsulate

   Exemples

   He sequestered himself in his study to write a book

5. set apart from others

   Synonymes

   sequestratekeep apartset apartisolate

   Termes génériques

   separatedisunitedividepart

   Exemples

   The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on