SEQUESTER

I. transitive verb (-tered; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English sequestren, from Anglo-French sequestrer, from Latin sequestrare to hand over to a trustee, from ~ third party to whom disputed property is entrusted, agent, from secus beside, otherwise; akin to Latin sequi to follow Date: 14th century 1. to set apart ; segregate , seclude , withdraw , 2. to seize especially by a writ of sequestration, to place (property) in custody especially in sequestration, to hold (as a metallic ion) in solution usually by inclusion in an appropriate coordination complex, II. noun Date: 1604 separation , isolation