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sceller

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to seal (place a seal on)
  2. (transitive) to seal (fasten something to prevent its being opened)
  3. (transitive) to seal (close securely)
  4. (figuratively, transitive) to seal, guarantee
  5. (transitive) to seal (fix to a wall)
  6. (Quebec, transitive) to mortar

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sɛ.le/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Middle French sceller, from Old French seeler, from Vulgar Latin *sigellāre, from Latin sigillāre (“to seal”), from sigillum (“seal”). See sceau. Compare also Catalan segellar, Spanish sellar, Portuguese selar, Italian suggellare.

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