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View synonyms for sequestrate
sequestrate
[ si-kwes-treyt ]
verb (used with object)
, se·ques·trat·ed, se·ques·trat·ing.
- Law.
- to sequester (property).
- to confiscate.
- to separate; seclude.
sequestrate
/ sɪˈkwɛsˌtreɪtə; ˈsiːkwɛsˌtreɪtə; sɪˈkwɛstreɪt /
verb
- law a variant of sequester
- Scots law
- to place (the property of a bankrupt) in the hands of a trustee for the benefit of his creditors
- to render (a person) bankrupt
- archaic.to seclude or separate
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Derived Forms
- sequestrator, noun
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Other Words From
- se·ques·tra·tor [see, -kwes-trey-ter, si-, kwes, -trey-], noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sequestrate1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sequestrate1
C16: from Late Latin sequestrāre to sequester
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Example Sentences
I have not yet handed him his cuffs, which I have ventured to sequestrate on the ground that they are spotted with our ink.
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Grimes had hinted to his friend how easy it would be to sequestrate this money without Morrell knowing it.
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Any scheme to sequestrate, to hide it under a bushel, or to put it under lock and key, is a shallow device.
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Revolutionary committees every where sequestrate in the gross, in order to plunder in detail.
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To use his influence over Major Dabney to sequestrate, absolutely sequestrate, a full third of our property!
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