quarantine

quarantine
quar•an•tine
[[t]ˈkwɔr ənˌtin, ˈkwɒr-, ˌkwɔr ənˈtin, ˌkwɒr-[/t]] n. v. -tined, -tin•ing
1) pat a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease
2) pat a period, orig. 40 days, of detention or isolation imposed upon ships, people, animals, or plants on arrival at a port or place, when suspected of carrying a contagious disease
3) a system of measures maintained at ports, frontiers, etc., for preventing the spread of disease
4) a place or station at which such measures are carried out, as a place where ships are detained
5) the detention or isolation enforced
6) pat the place, as a hospital, where people are detained
7) social, political, or economic isolation imposed as a punishment
8) a period of 40 days
9) pat to put in or subject to quarantine
10) to exclude, detain, or isolate for political or social reasons
Etymology: 1600–10; < It quarantina period of forty days, der. of quaranta forty « L quadrāgintā quar′an•tin`a•ble, adj.

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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