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Antonyms for seal

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : seel
Phonetic Transcription : sil

Definition of seal

Origin :
  • "design stamped on wax," especially one attached to a document as evidence of authenticity, c.1200, from Old French seel "seal on a letter" (Modern French sceau), from Vulgar Latin *sigellum (source of Italian suggello, Spanish sello; also Old Frisian and Middle High German sigel, German Siegel), from Latin sigillum "small picture, engraved figure, seal," diminutive of signum "mark, token" (see sign (n.)). An earlier borrowing directly from Latin is represented by Old English insigel. Technical use, "what prevents the escape of a gas or liquid" is from 1853.
  • noun authentication; stamp
  • verb make airtight
  • verb ensure, finalize
Example sentences :
  • It strives to seal forever the fate of those it has enslaved.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Seal the jars while hot, allow them to cool, and then store.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • In fact, George Smith printed a copy of the seal in his book (p. 91).
  • Extract from : « The Babylonian Legends of the Creation » by British Museum
  • "And because I am a woman I shall set my seal upon you," she said.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • Just ring for a lighted candle, we will seal up these boxes.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • The bag that held him was closed and a seal was put upon it by the Maharajah.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 » by Various
  • His cousin had not broken the seal in opening the letter, but had cut the paper above it.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • It rather sickens me, and makes me loathe the sight of a seal.
  • Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
  • It would have done so, but for that seal placed on the letter afterwards.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • Can a man forget one who is placed like a seal upon his heart?
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield

Synonyms for seal

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