sequester
/sɪkˈwestə/sih-KWEH-stur
/sɪkˈwɛstɚ/sih-KWEH-stur
Meaningto give to a trustee
Common meaning: to isolate
- sequesta trustee, go-betweenLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1676 · scan
- eragent ending: one who
Journey through time
- Latinsequester, -tris‘a trustee, go-between’
- Frenchsequestrer
- Englishsequester‘to isolate’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin sequester ‘a trustee, go-between’.
Roots
- sequester, -tris Latin “a trustee, go-between”
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