quarantine
         n 1: enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious
               disease in order to prevent the spread of disease
         2: isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease
         v 1: place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons; "My
               dog was quarantined before he could live in England"

English Dictionary: quarantined	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quarantined adj under forced isolation especially for health reasons; "a quarantined animal"; "isolated patients" Synonym(s): isolated, quarantined
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quo warranto n a hearing to determine by what authority someone has an office or franchise or liberty
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quarantine \Quar"an*tine\, n. [F. quarantaine, OF. quaranteine,       fr. F. quarante forty, L. quadraginta, akin to quattuor four,       and E. four: cf. It. quarantina, quarentine. See {Four}, and       cf. {Quadragesima}.]       1. A space of forty days; -- used of Lent.          2. Specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during             which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being             infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to             forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence, such             restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the place             where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed.          Note: Quarantine is now applied also to any forced stoppage                of travel or communication on account of malignant                contagious disease, on land as well as by sea.          3. (Eng. Law) The period of forty days during which the widow             had the privilege of remaining in the mansion house of             which her husband died seized.          {Quarantine flag}, a yellow flag hoisted at the fore of a             vessel or hung from a building, to give warning of an             infectious disease; -- called also the {yellow jack}, and             {yellow flag}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quarantine \Quar`an*tine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quarantined};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Quarantining}.]       To compel to remain at a distance, or in a given place,       without intercourse, when suspected of having contagious       disease; to put under, or in, quarantine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quarantine \Quar"an*tine\, n. [F. quarantaine, OF. quaranteine,       fr. F. quarante forty, L. quadraginta, akin to quattuor four,       and E. four: cf. It. quarantina, quarentine. See {Four}, and       cf. {Quadragesima}.]       1. A space of forty days; -- used of Lent.          2. Specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during             which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being             infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to             forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence, such             restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the place             where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed.          Note: Quarantine is now applied also to any forced stoppage                of travel or communication on account of malignant                contagious disease, on land as well as by sea.          3. (Eng. Law) The period of forty days during which the widow             had the privilege of remaining in the mansion house of             which her husband died seized.          {Quarantine flag}, a yellow flag hoisted at the fore of a             vessel or hung from a building, to give warning of an             infectious disease; -- called also the {yellow jack}, and             {yellow flag}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quarantine \Quar`an*tine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quarantined};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Quarantining}.]       To compel to remain at a distance, or in a given place,       without intercourse, when suspected of having contagious       disease; to put under, or in, quarantine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quarantine \Quar`an*tine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quarantined};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Quarantining}.]       To compel to remain at a distance, or in a given place,       without intercourse, when suspected of having contagious       disease; to put under, or in, quarantine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Querent \Que"rent\, n. [L. querens, p. pr. of queri to       complain.] (O. Eng. Law)       A complainant; a plaintiff.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Querent \Que"rent\, n. [L. quaerens, p. pr. of quaerere to       search for, to inquire.]       An inquirer. [Obs.] --Aubrey.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Quarantania       a mountain some 1,200 feet high, about 7 miles north-west of       Jericho, the traditional scene of our Lord's temptation (Matt.       4:8).