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to seal

verb/sɨˈlaɾ/medium

se·lar

Definition

To fasten or close securely; to conclude or make definite.
Please seal the envelope before mailing it.
The contract was sealed with a handshake.
Common collocations
seal a dealseal an envelopeseal with waxseal one's lips
Idiomatic expressions
  • Seal one's lips (to keep a secret).
  • Seal someone's fate (to make something inevitable).

Etymology

Do latim 'sigillare', de 'sigillum' (selo).

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