sequestrate

American  

[si-kwes-treyt] / sɪˈkwɛs treɪt /

verb (used with object)

sequestrated, sequestrating

1. Law.

   1. to sequester (property).

   2. to confiscate.

2. to separate; seclude.

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sequestrate British  

/ sɪˈkwɛsˌtreɪtə, ˈsiːkwɛsˌtreɪtə, sɪˈkwɛstreɪt /

verb

1. law a variant of sequester

2. Scots law

   1. to place (the property of a bankrupt) in the hands of a trustee for the benefit of his creditors

   2. to render (a person) bankrupt

3. archaic to seclude or separate

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• sequestrator
  noun

Etymology

Origin of sequestrate

1505–15; < Latin sequestrātus (past participle of sequestrāre ), equivalent to sequestr- ( see sequester) + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

But if he escape conviction, you must sequestrate the living because of the debts.

From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Trollope, Anthony

His creditors were willing enough to wait, but one rascal refused to do so, and swore he would sequestrate him.

From The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Grimes had hinted to his friend how easy it would be to sequestrate this money without Morrell knowing it.

From The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City by Marlowe, Amy Bell

So it fell out that the von Schwarzenberg's schemes, first to banish and later to sequestrate the American, were set at naught through the agency of Mr. Julian Grant.

From The Messenger by Robins, Elizabeth

Under these circumstances, Mr. Carter was able to enter into Clement's views, and sequestrate himself for a short period for the more deliberate investigation of the Winchester business.

From Henry Dunbar A Novel by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)