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counterseal

counterseal verb: to seal or ratify with another or others.

Verb

counterseal (third-person singular simple present counterseals, present participle countersealing, simple past and past participle countersealed)

  1. (transitive) To seal or ratify with another or others.
    • like conditions, will have counter-sealed.c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Noun

counterseal (plural counterseals)

  1. An additional seal applied to the reverse of the main seal.

Forms of counterseal

Verb
third-person singular presentcounterseals
present participlecountersealing
past participlecountersealed
pastcountersealed
Noun
pluralcounterseals

Origin of counterseal

From counter- + seal.

Questions about counterseal

What does counterseal mean?
Counterseal means to seal or ratify with another or others.
What part of speech is counterseal?
Counterseal can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of counterseal?
The past tense of counterseal is countersealed.

Words near counterseal in the dictionary

  1. counterscreen
  2. counterscreened
  3. counterscreens
  4. counterscrutiny
  5. countersea
  6. counterseal
  7. countersealed
  8. countersealing
  9. counterseals
  10. counterseas
  11. countersecure

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