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noun

Sequester n.

Sequestration; separation. (R.)

(Law) A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a mediator; an umpire or referee.

(Med.) Same as Sequestrum.

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Etymology of 'Sequester'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sequester" Quotes from Famous Books

... his madrigal, And sweeten'd every muskrose of the dale, How cam'st thou here good Swain? hath any ram Slip't from the fold, or young Kid lost his dam, Or straggling weather the pen't flock forsook? How couldst thou find this dark sequester'd nook? 500 ...

— The Poetical Works of John Milton • John Milton

... slope the ponderous waggon rings; Through rustling corn the hare astonish'd springs; Slow tolls the village clock the drowsy hour; The partridge bursts away on whirring wings; Deep mourns the turtle in sequester'd bower, And shrill lark carols clear from ...

— The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer - With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes • Rev. George Gilfillan [Ed.]

Words linked to "Sequester" : chemistry, impound, condemn, attach, seclude, set apart, distrain, disunite, divide, confiscate, isolate, change, garnishee, retire, insulate, keep apart