Reseal

verb

verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To seal (something) again (in any sense of "apply a seal to"). transitive

    "My CIA file included two first class letters written by me on Liberation News Service stationery and addressed to Moscow. […] I cannot tell from the xerox copies sent to me if the letters were opened at the CIA and the re-sealed and sent out, or if the CIA merely stole them from the mail. Neither letter ever received a response, as far as I can recall."

  2. 2
    seal again wordnet

Example

More examples

"The easy and practical "wine cork" is used to "reseal" a wine bottle by sucking out air from the bottle and creating a vacuum."

Etymology

From re- + seal.

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