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enseal

enseal verb: to mark with, or as if with, a seal (stamp).

Verb

enseal (third-person singular simple present enseals, present participle ensealing, simple past and past participle ensealed)

  1. (obsolete) To mark with, or as if with, a seal (stamp)
    • So he wrote letters, ensealed with his ring, to his first daughter, that said that she loved him more than herself[…]1905, Charles Swan, Gesta Romanorum, Introduction
  2. (obsolete) To ratify.
  3. To enclose with a seal, i.e. to prevent leakage.

Forms of enseal

third-person singular presentenseals
present participleensealing
past participleensealed
pastensealed
alternative forminseal

Origin of enseal

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.

Words formed from enseal

Questions about enseal

What does enseal mean?
Enseal means to mark with, or as if with, a seal (stamp).
What part of speech is enseal?
Enseal is a verb.
What is the past tense of enseal?
The past tense of enseal is ensealed.

Words near enseal in the dictionary

  1. enscriptured
  2. enscroll
  3. enscrolled
  4. enscrolling
  5. enscrolls
  6. enseal
  7. ensealed
  8. ensealing
  9. enseals
  10. enseam
  11. enseamed

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