"sequestered" in the verb sense

1. sequester

requisition forcibly, as of enemy property

"the estate was sequestered"

2. impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize

take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority

"The FBI seized the drugs"

"The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"

"The police confiscated the stolen artwork"

3. sequester

undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion

"The cations were sequestered"

4. seclude, sequester, sequestrate, withdraw

keep away from others

"He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"

5. sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate

set apart from others

"The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"

"sequestered" in the adjective sense

1. cloistered, reclusive, secluded, sequestered

providing privacy or seclusion

"the cloistered academic world of books"

"sat close together in the sequestered pergola"

"sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"

"a secluded romantic spot"

2. sequestered

kept separate and secluded

"a sequestered jury"

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