enseal

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verb

To mark with, or as if with, a seal (stamp)

OriginMiddle English enselen ← Old English inseġlian ← Proto-West Germanic *insigilōn →
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Meanings

verbenseal (third-person singular simple present enseals, present participle ensealing, simple past and past participle ensealed)

present singular third person enseals · participle present ensealing · participle past ensealed · past ensealed · alternative inseal

  1. obsoleteTo 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[…]

    1905, Charles Swan, Gesta Romanorum, Introduction
  2. obsoleteTo ratify.
  3. To enclose with a seal, i.e. to prevent leakage.

Origin

  1. Old Frenchenseeler
  2. Latininsigilāre
  3. Proto-West Germanic*insigilōn
  4. Old Englishinseġlian“to place a seal on”
  5. Middle Englishenselen
  6. Englishenseal

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.

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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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