sequestered

sequestered is the simple past and past participle of sequester.

Adjective

sequestered (comparative more sequestered, superlative most sequestered)

Having undergone sequestration.
Of a location-isolated, off the beaten track.
- But the beauty of the glades was the hawthorn, in full luxuriance. The slightest motion brought down a shower of white blossoms, and the sweet air grew yet sweeter as the brothers approached the more sequestered parts.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 51–52

sequester (third-person singular simple present sequesters, present participle sequestering, simple past and past participle sequestered)

To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.
- The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order.
To separate in order to store.
- The coal burning plant was ordered to sequester its CO₂ emissions.
To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.
- I had wholly sequestered my thoughts from civil affairs.a. 1627 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “Considerations Touching a Warre with Spaine. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany Works of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount...
Synonyms:

allocate, appropriate, shelve, assign, dedicate, detach, designate, earmark, preselect, put aside
To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound.
To temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims.
To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc.
- It was his tailor and his cook, his fine fashions and his French ragouts, which sequestered him.c. 1694, Robert South, sermon XXIV

comparative	more sequestered
superlative	most sequestered

What does sequestered mean?: Sequestered means having undergone sequestration.
What is sequestered the simple past and past participle of?: Sequestered is the simple past and past participle of sequester.
What part of speech is sequestered?: Sequestered is an adjective.

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