Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sequester
Participle: sequestered
Gerund: sequestering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | sequester |
| you | sequester |
| he;she;it | sequesters |
| we | sequester |
| you | sequester |
| they | sequester |
Perfect
| I | have sequestered |
| you | have sequestered |
| he;she;it | has sequestered |
| we | have sequestered |
| you | have sequestered |
| they | have sequestered |
Past
| I | sequestered |
| you | sequestered |
| he;she;it | sequestered |
| we | sequestered |
| you | sequestered |
| they | sequestered |
Pluperfect
| I | had sequestered |
| you | had sequestered |
| he;she;it | had sequestered |
| we | had sequestered |
| you | had sequestered |
| they | had sequestered |
Future
| I | will sequester |
| you | will sequester |
| he;she;it | will sequester |
| we | will sequester |
| you | will sequester |
| they | will sequester |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sequestered |
| you | will have sequestered |
| he;she;it | will have sequestered |
| we | will have sequestered |
| you | will have sequestered |
| they | will have sequestered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sequester |
| you | sequester |
| he;she;it | sequester |
| we | sequester |
| you | sequester |
| they | sequester |
Perfect
| I | have sequestered |
| you | have sequestered |
| he;she;it | have sequestered |
| we | have sequestered |
| you | have sequestered |
| they | have sequestered |
Imperfect
| I | sequestered |
| you | sequestered |
| he;she;it | sequestered |
| we | sequestered |
| you | sequestered |
| they | sequestered |
Pluperfect
| I | had sequestered |
| you | had sequestered |
| he;she;it | had sequestered |
| we | had sequestered |
| you | had sequestered |
| they | had sequestered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sequester |
| you | would sequester |
| he;she;it | would sequester |
| we | would sequester |
| you | would sequester |
| they | would sequester |
Perfect
| I | would have sequestered |
| you | would have sequestered |
| he;she;it | would have sequestered |
| we | would have sequestered |
| you | would have sequestered |
| they | would have sequestered |
Imperative
| you | sequester |
| we | Let's sequester |
| you | sequester |
Verbs conjugated like 'sequester'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sequester'
resequester,
sequestre,
bepester,
bequest,
deluster,
enfester,
geosequester,
remuster,
request,
sequence,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English sequestren (verb) and sequestre (noun), from Old French sequestrer, from Late Latin sequestrō (“separate, give up for safekeeping”), from Latin sequester (“mediator, depositary”), probably originally meaning "follower", from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“follow”).
Sample Sentences
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The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order.
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when men most sequester themselves from action [[1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):]
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The coal burning plant was ordered to sequester its CO₂ emissions.
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There has been some investigation into the potential of seaweeds as a carbon store, and although more is needed, one study says that seaweed habitats are believed to be the most productive of all coastal vegetated ecosystems, and suggested that the world’s seaweed sequesters as much carbon as all the planet’s seagrass meadows, saltmarshes and mangroves combined. [2023 September 25, Vincent Doumeizel, “Opinion: Seaweed is nutritious, not slimy. Eating it could save the world.”, in CNN:]
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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 S. Alban. […], London: […] I. Hauiland for Humphrey Robinson, […], published 1629, →OCLC:]
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c. 1694, Robert South, sermon XXIV
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It was his tailor and his cook, his fine fashions and his French ragouts, which sequestered him.
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The Budget Control Act of 2011 sequestered 1.2 trillion dollars over 10 years on January 2, 2013.
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to sequester out of the world into Atlantic and Utopian politics [1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC:]