sequesters

verb

1. 1

   To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.

   “The jury was sequestered from the press by the judge's order.”

2. 2

   To separate in order to store.

3. 3

   To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.

4. 4

   To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound

5. 5

   To temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims.

6. 6

   To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc.

7. 7

   To remove (certain funds) automatically from a budget.

   “The Budget Control Act of 2011 sequestered 1.2 trillion dollars over 10 years on January 2, 2013.”

8. 8

   To seize and hold enemy property.

9. 9

   To withdraw; to retire.

10. 10

    To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.