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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seal \Seal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sealed}; p. pr & vb n.
{Skaling}.] [OE. selen; cf OF seeler, seieler F. sceller,
LL sigillare See {Seal} a stamp.]
1. To set or affix a seal to hence to authenticate; to
confirm; to ratify; to establish; as to seal a deed.
And with my hand I seal my true heart's love.
--Shak.
2. To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard
exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality; as to
seal weights and measures; to seal silverware.
3. To fasten with a seal; to attach together with a wafer,
wax, or other substance causing adhesion; as to seal a
letter.
4. Hence to shut close to keep close to make fast to keep
secure or secret.
Seal up your lips, and give no words but ``mum''.
--Shak.
5. To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement,
plaster, or the like --Gwilt.
6. To close by means of a seal; as to seal a drainpipe with
water. See 2d {Seal}, 5.
7. Among the Mormons, to confirm or set apart as a second or
additional wife. [Utah, U.S.]
If a man once married desires a second helpmate . .
. she is sealed to him under the solemn sanction of
the church. --H.
Stansbury
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sealed
adj 1: established irrevocably; "his fate is sealed" [syn: {certain}]
[ant: {unsealed}]
2: closed or secured with or as if with a seal; "my lips are
sealed"; "the package is still sealed"; "the premises are
sealed" [ant: {unsealed}]
3: undisclosed for the time being "sealed orders"; "a sealed
move in chess"
4: determined irrevocably; "his fate is sealed"
5: (Australia) having been paved
6: covered with a waterproof coating; "a sealed driveway"
7: (of walls) covered with a coat of plaster [syn: {plastered}]
8: closed so tightly as to be airtight or watertight
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