enseal
verbEtymology 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.
1
Obsolete To 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
Obsolete To ratify.
3
To enclose with a seal, i.e. to prevent leakage.
- Derived terms
- ensealed, ensealing, ensealment