resealv.
/ˌriːˈsiːl/, U.S. /riˈsil/ transitive. To seal again (in various senses).
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society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > sealing > seal [verb (transitive)] > seal again
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > close or shut [verb (transitive)] > seal up > seal with wax > again
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1624 T. Scott 2nd Pt. Vox Populi 19 With my Maisters golden Key, I could finde a meanes to diue into their Cabbinets, reseale and seale againe their packets.
a1700 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 77 The Faithful..Re-seal'd for Bliss with the Triunal Name.
1776 T. Vaughan Hotel ii. 26 Trimwell. But what excuse have I, Sir, for it's having the seal broke? Neville. I will reseal it.
1820 W. Scott Abbot III. vi. 210 ‘Let Auchtermuchty carry this packet’ (which he had re-sealed with his own signet) ‘to my father.’
1884 Manch. Examiner 26 Nov. 4/6 His letters..were found opened and officially re-sealed.
1923 Science 23 Nov. 426/2 The tube of spore-dust was resealed, to be kept indefinitely.
1963 E. A. Brand Mod. Supermarket Operation vii. 28 Easy-to-open containers are receiving attention, and extensive research is being undertaken to improve opening and resealing performance of covers and caps.
1977 Sci. News 112 229/2 Within bacteria small, independent rings of DNA..can be snipped and resealed by the same enzymes that scientists use to engineer plasmids outside the cells.
2001 S. Walton You heard it through Grapevine vii. 152 The bottle has been opened and resealed so often that the contents are well on the way to acetification.
Derivatives
reˈsealing n.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [noun] > closing or shutting > sealing up
sealingc1480
obsignation1653
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society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > sealing > [noun] > again
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1768 J. T. Atkyns Rep. Cases Chancery 3 474 The resealing after the alteration of the date amounted to no more than a confirmation of what was before effectual and valid.
1835 R. P. Tyrwhitt Rep. Courts of Exchequer 4 277 It was urged that the plaintiff must show that the last resealing had taken place within the six years.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 June 10/2 Judge Warren ordered the resealing of the probate.
1915 Classical Philol. 10 75 The transaction there suggested is not the sealing of a will at the time of its execution, but the resealing by executors and their witnesses after the death of the testator.
2004 O. Ichilov Polit. Learning & Citizenship Educ. under Confl. i. 16 The face of threat of international terrorism may result in the resealing of internal borders.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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