reseal

R1E1S1E1A1L1

verb

To seal (something) again (in any sense of "apply a seal to").

OriginEnglish seal ← Middle English sel ← Anglo-Norman see →
Less commonScrabble 6
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Meanings

verbreseal (third-person singular simple present reseals, present participle resealing, simple past and past participle resealed)

present singular third person reseals · participle present resealing · participle past resealed · past resealed

  1. transitiveTo seal (something) again (in any sense of "apply a seal to").
    1 more example

    My CIA file included two first class letters written by me on Liberation News Service stationery and addressed to Moscow. […] I cannot tell from the xerox copies sent to me if the letters were opened at the CIA and the re-sealed and sent out, or if the CIA merely stole them from the mail. Neither letter ever received a response, as far as I can recall.

    1976 December 18, Allen Young, “Speaking Out”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 25, page 5

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
  7. Proto-Italic*segnom
  8. Latinsignum
  9. Latinsigillum
  10. Anglo-Normansee
  11. Middle Englishsel
  12. Englishseal
  13. Englishreseal

From re- + seal.

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Translations

Hungarian visszazár
  • visszazárto seal again
Spanish resellar
  • resellarto seal again

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

resalesealerSearleearlesleaserelearsEasler
Cite this entry
APA

reseal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reseal

MLA

“reseal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reseal. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reseal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reseal.

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