v.
Pronunciation: si- ' kwes-t ə r
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: -tered ; -ter · ing \ -t( ə -)ri ŋ \
Etymology: Middle English sequestren, from Anglo-French sequestrer, from Latin sequestrare to hand over to a trustee, from sequester third party to whom disputed property is entrusted, agent, from secus beside, otherwise; akin to Latin sequi to follow
Date: 14th century
1 a : to set apart : SEGREGATE < sequester a jury> b : SECLUDE , WITHDRAW <widely spaced homes are forbiddingly grand and sequester ed ― Don Asher>
2 a : to seize especially by a writ of sequestration b : to place (property) in custody especially in sequestration
3 : to hold (as a metallic ion) in solution usually by inclusion in an appropriate coordination complex