(past & past part. sequestered; pres. part. sequestering)
1.
Requisition forcibly, as of enemy property.
2.
Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority. Synonyms:attach, confiscate, impound, seize."The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment" , "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"
3.
Undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion.
... mass there once a year, in order to keep them in any decent bounds. Fairies are important, even in a statistical view: certain weeds mark poverty in the soil; fairies mark its solitude. As surely as the wolf retires before cities does the fairy sequester herself from the haunts of the licensed victualer. A village is too much for her nervous delicacy; at most, she can tolerate a distant view of a hamlet. We may judge, therefore, by the uneasiness and extra trouble which they gave to the parson, in what strength the ... — The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc • Thomas de Quincey
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