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Meaning of sequester

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  sequester
      v 1: requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was
           sequestered"
      2: take temporary possession of as a security, by legal
         authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents
         impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the
         stolen artwork" [syn: {impound}, {attach}, {sequester},
         {confiscate}, {seize}]
      3: undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an
         ion; "The cations were sequestered"
      4: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study
         to write a book" [syn: {seclude}, {sequester}, {sequestrate},
         {withdraw}]
      5: set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he
         is working on" [syn: {sequester}, {sequestrate}, {keep
         apart}, {set apart}, {isolate}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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