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sequestrate

[ si-kwes-treyt ]

verb (used with object)

sequestrated, sequestrating.
  1. Law.
    1. to sequester (property).
    2. to confiscate.
  2. to separate; seclude.


sequestrate

/ sɪˈkwɛsˌtreɪtə; ˈsiːkwɛsˌtreɪtə; sɪˈkwɛstreɪt /

verb

  1. law a variant of sequester
  2. Scots law
    1. to place (the property of a bankrupt) in the hands of a trustee for the benefit of his creditors
    2. to render (a person) bankrupt
  3. archaic.
    to seclude or separate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • sequestrator, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·ܱ·ٰ·ٴǰ [see, -kwes-trey-ter, si-, kwes, -trey-], noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sequestrate1

1505–15; < Latin ٰܱٳܲ (past participle of ٰܱ ), equivalent to sequestr- ( sequester ) + -ٳܲ -ate 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sequestrate1

C16: from Late Latin ٰܱ to sequester
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The grant will help fund the conservation and breeding of tropical forage grasses with deep roots for sequestrating carbon in soil.

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The bill and the subsequent legal costs saw the debt soar to a reported £30,000 and in 2000 Mrs Van Overwaele was sequestrated - the Scottish legal term for being made legally bankrupt.

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Microsoft said it would be carbon negative by 2030, and that by 2050 it hopes to have sequestrated enough carbon to account for all the direct emissions the company has ever made.

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The proposed jurors were interviewed anonymously, and those selected will remain so – and sequestrated for the duration of the trial, expected to last several months.

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The personal bankruptcy of the business is being sequestrated by Wylie and Bisset.

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