Antonyms for seal off


Grammar : Verb
Spell : seel
Phonetic Transcription : sil


Definition of seal off

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.
  • As in quarantine : verb isolate
  • As in ring : verb encircle

Synonyms for seal off

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