quarantining

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quarantining - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]