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seels

seels is the third-person singular simple present indicative of seel.

Meaning of seel

Verb (1)

seel (third-person singular simple present seels, present participle seeling, simple past and past participle seeled)

  1. To sew together the eyelids of a young hawk.
    • Hey who does blindly soar at Rhodalind[…]
      Mounts, like seel'd doves, still higher[…]1651, William Davenant, Gondibert
  2. (broadly) To blind.

Verb (2)

seel (third-person singular simple present seels, present participle seeling, simple past and past participle seeled)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To roll on the waves in a storm.
    • when a Ship seels or rowls in foul Weatherc. 1611, Walter Raleigh, Observations on the Navy and Sea Service

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Questions about seels

What is seels the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Seels is the third-person singular simple present indicative of seel.

Words near seels in the dictionary

  1. seeligerite
  2. Seeligs
  3. seeling
  4. seelite
  5. seelonce
  6. seels
  7. seely
  8. Seelye
  9. Seelyes
  10. Seelys
  11. seem

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