1. (

• sequester ,

) requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered" ;

2. (

• impound ,
• attach ,
• sequester ,
• confiscate ,
• seize ,

) 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" ;

3. (

• sequester ,

) undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion; "The cations were sequestered" ;

4. (

• seclude ,
• sequester ,
• sequestrate ,
• withdraw

) keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book" ;

5. (

• sequester ,
• sequestrate ,
• keep_apart ,
• set_apart ,
• isolate ,

) set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on" ;

1. (

• cloistered ,
• reclusive ,
• secluded ,
• sequestered

) providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot" ;

2. (

• sequestered

) kept separate and secluded; "a sequestered jury" ;