MEANING
To set someone or something apart from ordinary contact or access.
Use it for
Controlled access, withdrawal, people kept away from influence.Identify the act of separation rather than merely describing remoteness.
Words that belong together
- sequester a witness
- sequester oneself
- sequestered from visitors
On the page
They sequestered the witness in a cottage outside town.
She sequestered herself in the old study until the visitors left.
The court sequestered the disputed estate's assets.
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Word forms
- Base
- sequester / sequesters
- Past tense
- sequestered
- Past participle
- sequestered
- Present participle
- sequestering
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- sequester / sequesters
- Present continuous
- am/is/are sequestering
- Present perfect
- have/has sequestered
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been sequestering
- Past
- sequestered
- Past continuous
- was/were sequestering
- Past perfect
- had sequestered
- Past perfect continuous
- had been sequestering
- Future
- will sequester / sequesters
- Future continuous
- will be sequestering
- Future perfect
- will have sequestered
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been sequestering
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. May describe people isolated for protection or control; legal senses include holding property under authority. Verb: sequester, sequesters, sequestered, sequestered, sequestering. Derived noun sequestration.
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