Quarantine ( noun , verb )

(As a noun)

Quarantine ( noun )

1. A state, period, or place of isolation in which people or animals that have arrived from elsewhere or been exposed to infectious or contagious disease are placed.
2. A period of 40 days during which ships arriving in port were required to remain anchored and not to land passengers or cargo.

Origin:

From french quarantaine, from italian quarantina, from quaranta, forty (referring to the forty days of lent during which ships were required to anchor at a port before landing their passengers and cargo), from latin quadraginta.

Examples:

1. All passengers arriving from China are subject to a 14-day quarantine.
2. The ship was placed in quarantine after an outbreak of cholera.
3. The quarantine will last for two weeks.
4. The quarantine station was on an island.
5. During the quarantine, no one was allowed to leave the ship.

(As a verb)

Quarantine ( verb )

1. A state, period, or place of isolation in which people or animals that have arrived from elsewhere or been exposed to infectious or contagious disease are placed.
2. A period of 40 days during which ships arriving in port were required to remain anchored and not to land passengers or cargo.

Origin:

From french quarantaine, from italian quarantina, from quaranta, forty (referring to the forty days of lent during which ships were required to anchor at a port before landing their passengers and cargo), from latin quadraginta.

Examples:

1. All passengers arriving from China are subject to a 14-day quarantine.
2. The ship was placed in quarantine after an outbreak of cholera.
3. The quarantine will last for two weeks.
4. The quarantine station was on an island.
5. During the quarantine, no one was allowed to leave the ship.