reseal en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Italic *segnom Latin signum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lum Latin sigillum Anglo-Norman seelbor. Middle English sel English seal English reseal From re- + seal.
Meanings
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(transitive) To seal (something) again (in any sense of "apply a seal to").
My CIA file included two first class letters written by me on Liberation News Service stationery and addressed to Moscow. […] I cannot tell from the xerox copies sent to me if the letters were opened at the CIA and the re-sealed and sent out, or if the CIA merely stole them from the mail. Neither letter ever received a response, as far as I can recall.
1976 December 18, Allen Young, “Speaking Out”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 25, page 5:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| resealed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| resealed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| reseals | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| resealing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
resealer · resealing · resealability · unresealed · resealable
Translations (2)
es resellar (to seal again) · hu visszazár (to seal again)