broadseal

See also: broad seal

English

Etymology

broad +‎ seal

Verb

broadseal (third-person singular simple present broadseals, present participle broadsealing, simple past and past participle broadsealed)

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To stamp with the broad seal; to make sure; to guarantee or warrant.
    • Ben Jonson
      Thy presence broadseals our delights for pure.
    • John Northern Hilliard
      Time has broadsealed his judgment.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for broadseal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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