reˈseal, v.
(riː-)
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To seal again. Hence reˈsealing vbl. n.
a 1700 Ken Hymnotheo Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 77 The Faithful..Re-seal'd for Bliss with the Triunal Name. 1820 Scott Abbot xxxiii, ‘Let Auchtermuchty carry this packet’ (which he had resealed with his own signet) ‘to my father’. 1884 Pall Mall G. 10 June 10/2 Judge Warren ordered the resealing of the probate. 1884 Manch. Exam. 26 Nov. 4/6 His letters..were found opened and officially re-sealed. |