Look up: sequester

1. Sequester
   To extract and absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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2. sequester
   [v] - requisition forcibly, as of enemy property 2. [v] - Chemistry: undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion 3. [v] - set apart from others
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3. Sequester
   Sequester: 1. In medicine, to set apart, detach or separate a small portion of tissue from the rest. 2. In bone, for a piece of dead bone to separate from the sound bone. 3. In biochemistry, to isolate a constituent of a system by chelation or other means. From the French séquestrer, from the late ...
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4. sequester
   a portion of dead bone which has become detached from the healthy bone tissue,as occurs in necrosis Category: Medicine
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5. Sequester
   Se·ques'ter transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Sequestered ; present participle & verbal noun Sequestering .] [ French séquestrer , Latin sequestrare to give up ...
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6. Sequester
   Se·ques'ter intransitive verb 1. To withdraw; to retire. [ Obsolete] « To sequester out of the world into Atlantic and Utopian politics.» Milton. 2. (Law) To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.
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7. Sequester
   Se·ques'ter noun 1. Sequestration; separation. [ R.] 2. (Law) A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a mediator; an umpire or referee. ...
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8. sequester
   1. To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to another, and hold it till the profits have paid the demand for which it is taken, or till the owner has perform...
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9. sequester
   keep apart verb set apart from others; `The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on`
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10. sequester
    (se-kwes´tәr) to detach or separate abnormally a small portion from the whole. to isolate a portion of a chemical system by chelation or other means; see also sequestrant.
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11. Sequester
    • (v. i.) To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband. • (v. t.) To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to another, an...
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12. sequester
    sequester To detach abnormally or separate a small portion from the whole.
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13. SEQUESTER
    To separate. Sometimes juries are separated from outside influences during their deliberations. For example, this may occur during a highly publicized trial.
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14. Sequester
    (v) Sequester is the process of isolating a person, specifically a jury commission etc., who were entrusted with an assignment of deciding an issue, with a purpose to prevent such persons from being influenced by external factors and opinions.
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15. sequester
    v. to keep separate or apart. In so-called "high-profile" criminal prosecutions (involving major crimes, events or persons given wide publicity) the jury is sometimes "sequestered" in a hotel without access to news media, the general public or their families except under supervision, in order to pre...
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16. sequester
    (L: sequestrare to commit for safekeeping) to set apart. Sequestrate to chemically bind an ion so that it cannot react. Carbondioxide sequestration the permanent binding of this gas, taking it our of circulation.
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17. Sequester
    (band) `Sequester` is a Canadian heavy metal band created by Ryan Boc in 2005. Ryan Boc remains the sole member, writing and performing all of the music thus far. The music draws inspiration from: various styles of metal, progressive and psychedelic rock, traditional English and Scottish folk...
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