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Sequester: 1. In medicine, to set apart, detach or separate a small portion of tissue from the rest. 2. In bone, for a piece of dead bone to separate from the sound bone. 3. In biochemistry, to isolate a constituent of a system by chelation or other means.
From the French sequestrer, from the late Latin sequestrare, meaning to place in safe keeping.
Definition of SEQUESTER. transitive verb. 1. a: to set apart : segregate < sequester a jury> b: seclude, withdraw <widely spaced homes are forbiddingly grand and ...
verb (used with object) 1. to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement; seclude. 2. to remove or separate. 3. Law . to remove (property) temporarily from the ...
Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ( sÄÂ-kwÄ•s ' tÉ™r ) v. , -tered , -ter·ing , -ters . v.tr. To cause to withdraw into seclusion. To remove or set apart ...
se·ques·ter (s-kw s t r) v. se·ques·tered, se·ques·ter·ing, se·ques·ters. v. tr. 1. To cause to withdraw into seclusion. 2. To remove or set apart; segregate.
To separate from all external influence. The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order. · To separate in order to store. The coal burning ...