Past tense of sequester
regular verb
The past tense of sequester is sequestered. The past participle is also sequestered.
Forms of sequester
| Base form (V1) | sequester /sɪˈkwɛs.tə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | sequestered |
| Past participle (V3) | sequestered |
| Present participle | sequestering |
| Third person singular | sequesters |
Sequestered in a sentence
- The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order.
- The Budget Control Act of 2011 sequestered 1.2 trillion dollars over 10 years on January 2, 2013.
- Imon and Tev, it knows, have finally sequestered to breed; to their joy Seit gives fleeting wellwish.1991, F. M. Busby, Slow freight, →ISBN, page 122. From the entry wellwish
- These microorganisms, horizontally transmitted, are chemoorganoheterotrophic bacteria housed in bacteriocytes within the roots that degrade the organic compounds sequestered in the bone.2015 November 19, “Bone-Eating Worms Spread: Insights into Shallow-Water Osedax (Annelida, Siboglinidae) from Antarctic, Subantarctic, and…. From the entry chemoorganoheterotrophic
- In the manner of dictators, Mao suddenly summoned the two Americans to his private residence in the sequestered Chungnanhai compound next to the Forbidden City.2010, Charles Hill, “Prologue: Books of the Red Chamber”, in Grand Strategies: Literature, Statecraft, and World Order, →ISBN, →LCCN…. From the entry Chungnanhai
Meaning of sequester
- verb To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.
- verb To separate in order to store.
- verb To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.
Questions about the past tense of sequester
- What is the past tense of sequester?
- The past tense of sequester is sequestered.
- What is the past participle of sequester?
- The past participle of sequester is sequestered.
- Is sequester a regular or irregular verb?
- Sequester is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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