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sequester

(s/I/'kw/E/st/@/r )

requisition forcibly, as of enemy property(verb.possession)

Example:
The estate was sequestered.

source: wordnet30
take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority(verb.possession)

Synonym:
attach, confiscate, impound, seize

source: wordnet30
undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion(verb.change)

Example:
The cations were sequestered.

source: wordnet30
keep away from others(verb.change)

Example:
He sequestered himself in his study to write a book.

Synonym:
seclude, sequestrate, withdraw

source: wordnet30
set apart from others(verb.change)

Example:
The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on.

Synonym:
isolate, keep apart, sequestrate, set apart

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To withdraw; to retire.(verb)

source: webster1913

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