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broadseal

verb — 2 senses

broadseal

verb

Etymology From broad + seal.

1

Obsolete, Rare To stamp with a broad seal

2

Obsolete, Rare to make sure; to guarantee or warrant.

  • 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:
  • Time has broadsealed his judgment.1923, John Northern Hilliard, Overland Monthly and The Out West Magazine:

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