| 单词 | under seal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasunder (one's) seal c. Phrases. (a) †to set to (one's) seal [to is here adverb, not preposition.] : to affix one's seal; figurative to avouch one's conviction that (obsolete). to set one's seal: to affix one's seal to a document; figurative to express one's assent to. (b) under (one's) seal: in a document attested by one's seal. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > sealing > seal [verb (intransitive)] > affix one's seal to set to (one's) seala1400 the mind > language > statement > assent > [verb (intransitive)] ensentc1290 accordc1300 to say yesa1400 senta1400 to say yeac1425 condescend1477 subscribe1531 accede1534 to take a person at his (also her) word1535 homologatea1649 to close with1654 to set one's seal1659 yes1820 yea-say1876 (a) (b)1451 Rolls of Parl. V. 215/1 Without the assent and wille of the said [4 persons named] by writing under their seales.1536 Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) 497 Under owre setye selle.1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. iv. 219 By particular consent [I] proceeded Vnder your hands and Seales . View more context for this quotationa1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6889 And ilk waand þat þai þere bare He sperd wit-in þer santuare, And wrat þe nam, and sett to sele, þat man suld oþer nan bitele. c1400 Brut ii. 560 Which appoyntement truly to be kept þe kyng and the said Ambassatoures sette-to þaire seales. c1450 Mirk's Festial 41 And for Thomas wold not sette to hys sele of þe curset lawe..he was dampned as a traytour. 1534 Bible (Tyndale rev. Joye) John iii. 33 He that hath receaved hys testimonye hath set to his seale that God is true. [So 1611; Revised Version 1881 hath set his seal to this, that God is true.] 1659 H. More Immortality of Soul ii. i. 113 To this Truth Mr. Hobbs sets his seale with all willingness imaginable, or rather eagerness. < as lemmas |
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