broadseal

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verb

To stamp with a broad seal

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Meanings

verbbroadseal (third-person singular simple present broadseals, present participle broadsealing, simple past and past participle broadsealed)

present singular third person broadseals · participle present broadsealing · participle past broadsealed · past broadsealed

  1. obsoleteraretransitiveTo stamp with a broad seal
  2. obsoleteraretransitiveto make sure; to guarantee or warrant.

    Time has broadsealed his judgment.

    1923, John Northern Hilliard, Overland Monthly and The Out West Magazine
    1 more example

    Thy presence broad-seals our delights for pure.

    1600 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC

Origin

From broad + seal.

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APA

broadseal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broadseal

MLA

“broadseal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broadseal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “broadseal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broadseal.

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