sequestrate

Example Sentences

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Desire had laughed and promised to sequestrate Yorick for the afternoon.

From The Window-Gazer by Mackay, Isabel Ecclestone

He accordingly issued a peremptory order to sequestrate every copy in Italy.

From Great Astronomers by Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir

Any scheme to sequestrate, to hide it under a bushel, or to put it under lock and key, is a shallow device.

From Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O by Reed, Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett)

So it fell out that the von Schwarzenberg's schemes, first to banish and later to sequestrate the American, were set at naught through the agency of Mr. Julian Grant.

From The Messenger by Robins, Elizabeth

But if he escape conviction, you must sequestrate the living because of the debts.

From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Trollope, Anthony