verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To unstitch the seeled eyes of a hawk. obsolete
2. 2
   To give light to; to enlighten. broadly, figuratively, obsolete

   "Are your eyes yet unseel'd"

Etymology

From Middle English unsele, from Old English unsǣle, from Proto-Germanic *unsēliz, from *un- + *sēliz, equivalent to un- + seel.

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