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sealed |
2 definitions found 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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