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- Dictionarysequestrate/ˈsiːkwəstreɪt/
verb
- 1. take legal possession of (assets) until a debt has been paid or other claims have been met: "the power of courts to sequestrate the assets of unions"
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→ sequester. (Definition of sequestrate from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of sequestrate. sequestrate. That many ministers of parishes where iconoclasm took place were subsequently sequestrated points to a pre-history of conflict that was more widely shared. From the Cambridge English Corpus.
se· ques· trate ˈsē-kwə-ˌstrāt. ˈse-; si-ˈkwes- sequestrated; sequestrating. transitive verb. : sequester. especially : sequester sense 2. sequestrator. ˈsē-kwə-ˌstrā-tər. si-ˈkwe- noun. Word History. Etymology. Latin sequestratus, past participle of sequestrare. First Known Use. 15th century, in the meaning defined above. Time Traveler.
Sequestrate definition: to sequester (property).. See examples of SEQUESTRATE used in a sentence.
the act of separating and storing a harmful substance such as carbon dioxide in a way that keeps it safe: We are actively pursuing new environmental approaches like carbon sequestration. natural processes that benefit people, such as the sequestration of carbon in soil and forests. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. See.
Any scheme to sequestrate, to hide it under a bushel, or to put it under lock and key, is a shallow device.
sequestrate. (siːkwestreɪt ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense sequestrates , present participle sequestrating , past tense, past participle sequestrated. verb [usually passive] When property is sequestrated, it is taken officially from someone who has debts, usually after a decision in a court of law.
: to bind (a metal or metal ion) in the form of a soluble complex or chelate by adding a suitable reagent for the purpose of preventing precipitation in water solution by chemical agents that would normally bring it about, of solubilizing precipitates already formed, or of otherwise suppressing undesired chemical or biological activity.
1. (Law) law a variant of sequester 3. 2. (Law) chiefly Scots law. a. to place (the property of a bankrupt) in the hands of a trustee for the benefit of his creditors. b. to render (a person) bankrupt. 3. archaic to seclude or separate. [C16: from Late Latin sequestrāre to sequester] sequestrator n.
sequestrate something to take control of somebody’s property or assets until a debt has been paid. The two businessmen were fined, and had their assets sequestrated.
sequestrate. (sikwɛstreɪt ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense sequestrates, present participle sequestrating, past tense, past participle sequestrated. transitive verb [usu passive] When property is sequestrated, it is taken officially from someone who has debts, usually after a decision in a court of law.
