I. si-ˈkwes-tər transitive verb
( -tered ; se·ques·ter·ing -t(ə-)riŋ)
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
II. noun
Date: 1604
obsolete : separation , isolation