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sequestre

sequestre is the obsolete form of sequester.

Meaning of sequester

Noun

sequester (plural sequesters)

  1. sequestration; separation
    • A sequester from liberty , fasting , and prayerc. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
  2. A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a referee
  3. A sequestrum.

See all 13 meanings of sequester

Forms of sequestre

Noun
pluralsequestres
Verb
third-person singular presentsequestres
present participlesequestring
past participlesequestred
pastsequestred

Questions about sequestre

What is sequestre the obsolete form of?
Sequestre is the obsolete form of sequester.

Words near sequestre in the dictionary

  1. sequestration
  2. sequestrational
  3. sequestrations
  4. sequestrator
  5. sequestrators
  6. sequestre
  7. sequestrectomies
  8. sequestrectomy
  9. sequestred
  10. sequestrene
  11. sequestres

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sequestre (page history and authors); sequester (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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