sequestrate

[ si-kwes-treyt ]

verb (used with object)

, se·ques·trat·ed, se·ques·trat·ing.

1. Law.
   1. to sequester (property).
   2. to confiscate.
2. to separate; seclude.

sequestrate

/ sɪˈkwɛsˌtreɪtə; ˈsiːkwɛsˌtreɪtə; sɪˈkwɛstreɪt /

verb

1. law a variant of sequester
2. Scots law
   1. to place (the property of a bankrupt) in the hands of a trustee for the benefit of his creditors
   2. to render (a person) bankrupt
3. archaic.
   to seclude or separate

Derived Forms

• sequestrator, noun

Other Words From

• se·ques·tra·tor [see, -kwes-trey-ter, si-, kwes, -trey-], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sequestrate¹

1505–15; < Latin sequestrātus (past participle of sequestrāre ), equivalent to sequestr- ( sequester ) + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of sequestrate¹

C16: from Late Latin sequestrāre to sequester

Example Sentences

The grant will help fund the conservation and breeding of tropical forage grasses with deep roots for sequestrating carbon in soil.

From Science Magazine

The bill and the subsequent legal costs saw the debt soar to a reported £30,000 and in 2000 Mrs Van Overwaele was sequestrated - the Scottish legal term for being made legally bankrupt.

From BBC

Microsoft said it would be carbon negative by 2030, and that by 2050 it hopes to have sequestrated enough carbon to account for all the direct emissions the company has ever made.

From Reuters

The proposed jurors were interviewed anonymously, and those selected will remain so – and sequestrated for the duration of the trial, expected to last several months.

From The Guardian

The personal bankruptcy of the business is being sequestrated by Wylie and Bisset.

From BBC