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sequester

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9 lettersPronunciation /sɪˈkwɛs.tə/Part of speech verbSorted eeeqrsstuStarts with SEnds with R0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. set apart from others

Word origin

From Middle English sequestren (verb) and sequestre (noun), from Old French sequestrer, from Late Latin sequestrō (“separate, give up for safekeeping”), from Latin sequester (“mediator, depositary”), probably originally meaning "follower", from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“follow”).

Used in a sentence

  • The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order.
  • when men most sequester themselves from action
  • The coal burning plant was ordered to sequester its CO₂ emissions.

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