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se·ques·trate

 (sē′kwĭ-strāt′, sĕk′wĭ-, sĭ-kwĕs′trāt′)
tr.v. se·ques·trat·ed, se·ques·trat·ing, se·ques·trates
To sequester.

[Middle English sequestraten, from Latin sequestrāre, sequestrāt-, to give up for safekeeping; see sequester.]
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sequestrate

(sɪˈkwɛstreɪt)
vb (tr)
1. (Law) law a variant of sequester3
2. (Law) chiefly Scots law
a. to place (the property of a bankrupt) in the hands of a trustee for the benefit of his creditors
b. to render (a person) bankrupt
3. archaic to seclude or separate
[C16: from Late Latin sequestrāre to sequester]
sequestrator n
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sequestrate


Past participle: sequestrated
Gerund: sequestrating

Imperative
sequestrate
sequestrate
Present
I sequestrate
you sequestrate
he/she/it sequestrates
we sequestrate
you sequestrate
they sequestrate
Preterite
I sequestrated
you sequestrated
he/she/it sequestrated
we sequestrated
you sequestrated
they sequestrated
Present Continuous
I am sequestrating
you are sequestrating
he/she/it is sequestrating
we are sequestrating
you are sequestrating
they are sequestrating
Present Perfect
I have sequestrated
you have sequestrated
he/she/it has sequestrated
we have sequestrated
you have sequestrated
they have sequestrated
Past Continuous
I was sequestrating
you were sequestrating
he/she/it was sequestrating
we were sequestrating
you were sequestrating
they were sequestrating
Past Perfect
I had sequestrated
you had sequestrated
he/she/it had sequestrated
we had sequestrated
you had sequestrated
they had sequestrated
Future
I will sequestrate
you will sequestrate
he/she/it will sequestrate
we will sequestrate
you will sequestrate
they will sequestrate
Future Perfect
I will have sequestrated
you will have sequestrated
he/she/it will have sequestrated
we will have sequestrated
you will have sequestrated
they will have sequestrated
Future Continuous
I will be sequestrating
you will be sequestrating
he/she/it will be sequestrating
we will be sequestrating
you will be sequestrating
they will be sequestrating
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been sequestrating
you have been sequestrating
he/she/it has been sequestrating
we have been sequestrating
you have been sequestrating
they have been sequestrating
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been sequestrating
you will have been sequestrating
he/she/it will have been sequestrating
we will have been sequestrating
you will have been sequestrating
they will have been sequestrating
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been sequestrating
you had been sequestrating
he/she/it had been sequestrating
we had been sequestrating
you had been sequestrating
they had been sequestrating
Conditional
I would sequestrate
you would sequestrate
he/she/it would sequestrate
we would sequestrate
you would sequestrate
they would sequestrate
Past Conditional
I would have sequestrated
you would have sequestrated
he/she/it would have sequestrated
we would have sequestrated
you would have sequestrated
they would have sequestrated
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.sequestrate - keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"
isolate, insulate - place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"
adjourn, retire, withdraw - break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
2.sequestrate - set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"
disunite, separate, part, divide - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
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sequestrate

verb
To put into solitude:
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Translations

sequestrate

[sɪˈkwestreɪt] VTsecuestrar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sequestrate

[ˈsiːkwɛstreɪt] vt [+ assets, property] → mettre sous séquestre
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sequestrate

vt (Jur) → sequestrieren
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sequestrate

[sɪˈkwɛstreɪt] vtsequestrare, confiscare
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Compiled photo, from left: HishamFouad, Omar al-Shenety, Zyad al-Elemy CAIRO - 4 August 2019: Cairo Criminal Court on Sunday upheld a prosecution order to sequestrate funds of 83 elements of 'MB's Amal Cell' as well as ordered that all 83 defendants be banned from travel.
He said mangroves also protect the shoreline, assimilate waste and sequestrate carbon - a process of capturing and storing atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Very cold temperatures, for instance, can degrade and sequestrate lubricants into phases that exhibit altered and unsuitable properties.
In the law, they are only allowed to sequestrate properties of Marcos cronies.
"When I was invited to this position, I received certain tasks," she said on April 13 recalling the task to sequestrate the public budget and stabilize the situation in 2012.
Sequestrate abandoned dilapidated long empty properties and utilise them, the owners obviously don't want them, or even purpose build, we will need even more with the chaotic EU rule 'freedom of movement to work' creating havoc.
Mangroves have the capacity to sequestrate large quantities of carbon.
While improving the livelihoods of impoverished people, these two projects will also sequestrate 1.5 million tons of CO2 over 20 years.
In the studied zone, the coastal plain doesn't extend much because the distance between the zone and the highlands is little and therefore rivers sequestrate big particles in size of Pebble and cable over the shoreline of the zone, that's why in some parts of it, pebbly shore is seen.