Seal

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Seal

Type

free base

Denotation

stamp, insignia, impressed design, fasten

Etymology

Middle English selen, sel, sele; Anglo-Norman seel; Old French seeler, sealer, seel, seal; Latin sigillum, from signum

Evidence

enseal, reseal, seal, sealable, sealant, sealbore, sealed, sealer, sealing, seals, underseal, unseal, unsealable

Notes

seal, sign, signum, and sigil are doublets

See Also

Sign, Sigil(l) [Sigil, Sigill]

Homographs

Seal