Enseal

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To mark with, or as if with, a seal (stamp) obsolete

    "So he wrote letters, ensealed with his ring, to his first daughter, that said that she loved him more than herself[…]"

  2. 2
    To ratify. obsolete
  3. 3
    To enclose with a seal, i.e. to prevent leakage.

Example

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"So he wrote letters, ensealed with his ring, to his first daughter, that said that she loved him more than herself[…]"

Etymology

From Middle English enselen, inselen, inseilen, from Old English inseġlian (“to place a seal on”), from Proto-West Germanic *insigilōn (compare Old High German insigilōn, insigilen, Old Norse innsigla (“to seal”)), from Latin insigilāre; merged with and reinforced by Old French enseeler, from the same Latin source. Equivalent to en- + seal.

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