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sequestrate
[ si-kwes-treyt ]
verb (used with object)
- Law.
- to sequester (property).
- to confiscate.
- to separate; seclude.
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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
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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.
Grimes had hinted to his friend how easy it would be to sequestrate this money without Morrell knowing it.
Any scheme to sequestrate, to hide it under a bushel, or to put it under lock and key, is a shallow device.
Revolutionary committees every where sequestrate in the gross, in order to plunder in detail.
To use his influence over Major Dabney to sequestrate, absolutely sequestrate, a full third of our property!
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