adjective
                                                providing privacy or seclusion
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                                                                                                        - 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
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                kept separate and secluded
                                                
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                                                                                                        - a sequestered jury
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - the estate was sequestered
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - The FBI seized the drugs
- The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment
- The police confiscated the stolen artwork
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion
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                                                                                                        - The cations were sequestered
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                keep away from others
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - He sequestered himself in his study to write a book
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                set apart from others
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on