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broadseal

broadseal verb: to stamp with a broad seal.

Verb

broadseal (third-person singular simple present broadseals, present participle broadsealing, simple past and past participle broadsealed)

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To stamp with a broad seal
  2. (obsolete, rare, transitive) to make sure; to guarantee or warrant.
    • Thy presence broad-seals our delights for pure.1600 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby...
    • Time has broadsealed his judgment.1923, John Northern Hilliard, Overland Monthly and The Out West Magazine

Forms of broadseal

third-person singular presentbroadseals
present participlebroadsealing
past participlebroadsealed
pastbroadsealed

Origin of broadseal

From broad + seal.

Questions about broadseal

What does broadseal mean?
Broadseal means to stamp with a broad seal.
What part of speech is broadseal?
Broadseal is a verb.
What is the past tense of broadseal?
The past tense of broadseal is broadsealed.

Words near broadseal in the dictionary

  1. Broadrick
  2. Broadricks
  3. broads
  4. Broadsands
  5. broadscale
  6. broadseal
  7. broadsealed
  8. broadsealing
  9. broadseals
  10. broadseam
  11. broadseams

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