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Definitions: Sequestrate |
SequestrateVerb1. Keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book". 2. Set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sequestrate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1843. (references) |
Note: Sequestrate \Se*ques"trate\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Sequestrated; present participle verb or noun Sequestrating.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: SequestrateSynonyms: isolate (v), keep apart (v), seclude (v), sequester (v), set apart (v), withdraw (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Condemnation | Verb: condemn, convict, cast, bring home to, find guilty, damn, doom, sign the death warrant, sentence, pass sentence on, attaint, confiscate, proscribe, sequestrate; nonsuit. |
Penalty | Verb: fine, mulct, amerce, sconce, confiscate; sequestrate, sequester; escheat; estreat, forfeit. |
Taking | Oust; (eject); divest; levy, distrain, confiscate; sequester, sequestrate; accroach; usurp; despoil, strip, fleece, shear, displume, impoverish, eat out of house and home; drain, drain to the dregs; gut, dry, exhaust, swallow up; absorb; (suck in); draw off; suck the blood of, suck like a leech. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sequestrate |
| English words defined with "sequestrate": Sequestrated, Sequestrating. (references) |
| "Sequestrate" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sequestrate" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sequestrate | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sequestrate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sekuestroj (commandeer, levy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | صادر (attach, commandeer, condemn, conscript, expropriate, impound, levy, possess, requisition, seize, sequester, take possession of). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | секвестирам (embargo, sequester), конфискувам (arrest, condemn, confiscate, escheat, impound, seize, sequester), изолирам (enclose, enisle, insulate, island, isolate, seal, seal off, seclude, segregate, sequester, shut in, shut off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zabavit (confiscate, impound, requisition, seize, sequester). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | sekwestreren (complexing, sequestering, to sequester, to sequestrate), onder sekwester plaatsen onder sekwester stellen (to sequester, to sequestrate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | takavarikoida (commandeer, to sequester, to sequestrate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | saisir (seize, to seize), confisquer (seize, sequester). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | sequestrieren (sequester, to sequester, to sequestrate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κατάσχω προσωρινώσ, κατάσχω (attach, confiscate, foreclose, forfeit, garnishee, impound, seize, sequester). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לעקל (attach, distrain, foreclose, impound, sequester). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | elkoboz (confiscate, intercept, seize, to confiscate, to embargo, to intercept, to levy, to prise, to seize, to sequester, to sequestrate, to suppress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sequestrare (abduct, attach, confiscate, distrain, impound, kidnap, seize, sequester, take away). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | equestratesay seqüestrar (embark, kidnap, sequester), confiscar (condemn, confiscate, convert, embargo, eschew, forfeit, have the car impounded, seize, sequester). (various references) popri (forbid). (various references) секвестровать. (various references) konfiskovati (commandeer, confiscate, escheat). (various references) embargar (attach, confiscate, distrain upon, embargo, impede, impound, seize, sequester). (various references) sekvestrera, beslagta (confiscate, impound, levy, press into service, seize, sequester), belägga med kvarstad (sequester, to sequester, to sequestrate). (various references) yedi emine vermek, kamulaştırmak (condemn, confiscate, dispossess, expropriate, impress, nationalize, socialize), haczetmek (attach, confiscate, distrain, distrain on, distrain up, distress, garnish, garnishee, impound, levy, seise, sequester, vest), el koymak (appropriate, arrest, attach, capture, commandeer, condemn, distrain, distrain on, distrain up, distress, embargo, hold, impound, impress, levy, requisition, seise, seize, sequester, take the action, usurp, vest). (various references) секвеструвати (sequester), конфіскувати (condemn, confiscate, embargo, expropriate, seize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sequestrate": sequestrated, sequestrates. (additional references) | |
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"Sequestrate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sequestrator. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-q-r-s-s-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: austerest, sequester, sequestra, squatters. | |
-3 letters: esterase, estreats, quartets, queerest, questers, requests, restates, retastes, squarest, squatter, statures, tesserae, trustees. | |
-4 letters: austere, easters, equates, estates, estreat, quaeres, quartes, quartet, quatres, quester, request, reseats, reseaus, restate, retaste, retests, searest, seaters, settees, setters, squares, starets, staters, statues, stature, stratus, streets, suttees, tasters, teasers, teeters, tersest, tessera, testees. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-e-q-r-s-s-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: sequestrated, sequestrates. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 65 71 75 65 73 74 72 61 74 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100101 01110001 01110101 01100101 01110011 01110100 01110010 01100001 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S e q u e s t r a t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0065 0071 0075 0065 0073 0074 0072 0061 0074 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5371838771858684678671 |
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