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obsign

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /əbˈsaɪn/
  • rhymes with -aɪn

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verb

Meaning 1

To seal; to confirm, as by a seal or stamp.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • a. 1555, John Bradford, letter to Master Richard Hopkins He willeth us to eat of the bread [...] and drink of that cup all, [...] that is, take it as the sacrament of his body and blood [...] whereby he doth represent, and to our faith give and obsign unto us, himself wholly, with all the merits and glory of his body and blood.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obsignō. Doublet of obsignate.