sequestrate
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Definition
- Verb (Legal/Formal):
- To take temporary possession of (property) as security against a debt or until a legal claim is settled: A legal action where assets are placed under the control of a trustee or court.
- To remove or separate from general use or access; to isolate: To set something or someone apart.
Usage
- The primary use of sequestrate is in legal and formal contexts. It describes the act of legally seizing assets or the act of secluding someone or something.
- It is often used in passive constructions (e.g., "The funds were sequestrated.") or with a direct object (e.g., "The court will sequestrate the estate.").
Examples
- Legal Seizure:
- The court ordered to sequestrate the company's assets until the dispute was resolved.
- His bank account was sequestrated by the tax authorities.
- Isolation/Separation:
- The scientist sequestrated the sample to prevent contamination.
- He sequestrated himself in the library to finish his thesis.
Advanced Usage
- "to sequestrate oneself": To voluntarily isolate or seclude oneself from others.
- The writer sequestrated herself in a cabin to find inspiration.
- In ecology/chemistry, sequestrate can mean to absorb and retain a substance, though the more common term is "sequester."
- Some plants can sequestrate heavy metals from the soil.
Variants and Related Words
- Sequester (verb): The more common and general synonym, used in both legal and non-legal contexts (e.g., to sequester a jury, to sequester carbon).
- Sequestration (noun): The act or process of sequestrating. (e.g., ).
- Sequestrator (noun): A person or entity that carries out sequestration.
Synonyms
- Confiscate (to seize with authority, often permanently).
- Impound (to seize and take legal custody of).
- Isolate.
- Seclude.
Related Phrases
- Sequestered assets: Assets that have been legally seized and set apart.
- The sequestrated assets were held by a court-appointed trustee.
- In sequestration: The state of being sequestrated.
- The estate remains in sequestration during the probate process.
Verb
- set apart from others
- The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on
- keep away from others
- He sequestered himself in his study to write a book