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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

broadseal en · VERB

Etymology

From broad + seal.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To stamp with a broad seal
  2. (obsolete, rare, transitive) to make sure; to guarantee or warrant.
    • Time has broadsealed his judgment. 1923, John Northern Hilliard, Overland Monthly and The Out West Magazine:
    • Thy presence broad-seals our delights for pure. 1600 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC:

Forms

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broadseals Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
broadsealed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
broadsealed Tense=Past lexicographic
broadsealing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic