单词 | to sign with a seal |
释义 | > as lemmasto sign with a seal (or signet) a. transitive. To put a seal upon (a letter or document) as a means of identification or authentication; to stamp with a seal or signet; to cover with a seal. Also figurative and intransitive. Now only in to sign with a seal (or signet) and similar phrases. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > sealing > seal [verb (transitive)] markOE sein1258 sign1258 asseal1297 seal1338 affix1456 embull?a1475 signet1496 consign1623 society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > sealing > seal [verb (intransitive)] seal1523 sign1638 1258 Proclam. Henry III (Bodl.) in Trans. Philol. Soc. 1880–1 (1883) *174 (MED) We senden ȝew þis writ open, sened wiþ vre seel. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) (1850) Apoc. xxii. 10 Signe, or seele, thou not [L. ne signaveris] the wordes of prophecie of this book. 1540 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1597) i. 116 That na indorsation sall haue faith..bot they that ar signed with the saids signettes. 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 969 He..put him in the bottomles dungeon, & shut him vp, & signed him with his seale. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 178 The Easterne Countries or Ægypt doe not yet signe, sayth he, being contented with bare letters. 1736 E. F. Haywood Adventures Evoaai 100 They shew you indeed a Schedule signed with the Royal Signet. 1765 J. Gill Expos. Old Test. III. 171/1 The Targum calls it his signatory ring, that with which he signed laws, edicts, letters, patents, &c. 1783 S. Moreau Tour to Cheltenham Spa 104 He..signed his patents with the seal now called the King's Broad Seal, or Great Seal. 1851 Bentley's Misc. 30 482 They were simply signed with his signet, and forwarded. 1873 M. R. Higham Athol xxxii. 412 Touching my forehead with her lips,..signing me with the seal of our mutual redemption. 1905 E. Everett-Green Secret Wold Hall xvi. 177 I will certainly write the decree, and sign it with the royal signet. 2008 J. Eding Who was Queen Elizabeth? 56 Mary Stuart..signed her letters with a special seal. < as lemmas |
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