verb
Meaning 1
To mark with, or as if with, a seal (stamp)
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Usage: obsolete
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verb
To mark with, or as if with, a seal (stamp)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
To ratify.
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verb
To enclose with a seal, i.e. to prevent leakage.
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History
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.