English Explanatory Dictionary

enseal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To mark with, or as if with, a seal (stamp)
  2. To ratify.
  3. To enclose with a seal, i.e. to prevent leakage.

Word forms

enseal enseals ensealing ensealed inseal

Etymology

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.

Derived words

ensealed ensealing ensealment
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