sequester /si'kwesta(r); si'kwest/ vt [VP6A] 1 keep (sb) away or apart from other people; withdraw to a quiet place: . 使 (某人) 與他人分離; 退隱; 隱遁： ~ oneself from the world; 隱居; lead a ~ed life. 過退德的生活。 2 (legal) (法律) = sequestrate. ~ed adj (of places) quiet; secluded. (指地方) 幽靜的; 隱僻的。