English to English
noun
- Sequestration; separation.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
The estate was sequestered.
source: WordNet 3.0
- take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
The FBI seized the drugs.
The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment.
The police confiscated the stolen artwork.
source: WordNet 3.0
- undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion
The cations were sequestered.
source: WordNet 3.0
- keep away from others
He sequestered himself in his study to write a book.
source: WordNet 3.0
- set apart from others
The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to another, and hold it till the profits have paid the demand for which it is taken, or till the owner has performed the decree of court, or clears himself of contempt; in international law, to confiscate.
source: Webster 1913
- To withdraw; to retire.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
verb
- [sicuéster] Kumamkam
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
