enseal

verb

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from enseeler
  2. derived from insigilō
  3. inherited from *insigilōn
  4. inherited from inseġlian — “to place a seal on
  5. inherited from enselen

Definitions

  1. 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[…]
  2. To ratify.

  3. To enclose with a seal, i.e. to prevent leakage.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA