enseal
verbEtymology
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.
- derived from enseeler
- derived from insigilō
- inherited from *insigilōn✻
- inherited from enselen
Definitions
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[…]
To ratify.
To enclose with a seal, i.e. to prevent leakage.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for enseal. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA