[se.ques.ter] vt -tered ; -ter.ing [ME sequestren, fr. MF sequestrer, fr. L sequestrare to hand over to a trustee, fr. sequester third party to whom disputed property is entrusted, agent, fr. secus beside, otherwise; akin to L sequi to follow] (14c) 1 a: to set apart: segregate b: seclude, withdraw
2. a: to seize esp. by a writ of sequestration b: to place (property) in custody esp. in sequestration
3: to hold (as a metallic ion) in solution usu. by inclusion in an appropriate coordination complex
[2]sequester n (1604) obs: separation, isolation