▪ I. sigillate, ppl. a.
(ˈsɪdʒɪlət)
[ad. late L. sigillatus, pa. pple. of sigillāre: see next.]
1. Bot. Marked with impressions resembling those made by a seal.
| [1856 Henslow Dict. Bot. Terms 173 Sigillatus, when a rhizoma is marked by scars left by the fall of branches successively developed upon it.] 1858 in Mayne. |
2. Of pottery: Decorated with impressed patterns.
| 1891 in Cent. Dict. |
▪ II. sigillate, v.
(ˈsɪdʒɪleɪt)
Also 5 pa. pple. sygylate.
[f. sigillāt-, ppl. stem of late L. sigillāre to seal, f. sigillum sigil.]
trans. To seal; to seal up. Also transf.
| 1471 Ripley Comp. Alch. x. vii. in Ashm. (1652) 180 And in one Glas do all thys surely sygylate. 1612 Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 229 Mercurie..To sigillate thou do'st not fail. 1620 Venner Via Recta vii. 111 By sigillating the mouth of the stomacke..they represse..the hot fumes that vaporate to the head. 1652 S. S. Secretaries Studie 200 To fasten, and, as it were, to sigillate, and affix to us the unmercifulness of men. 1833 Fraser's Mag. VII. 269 In one moment the passport was sigillated. |