unsealv.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈsiːl/, U.S.

/ˌənˈsil/

Etymology: un- prefix² 1a, 1b Compare Middle Dutch ontsegelen, (Dutch -zegelen), Old High German intsigilan (Middle High German entsigelen, German -siegeln).

1. transitive. To remove a seal from, to break the seal of (a letter, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > unseal

unsealc1425

unrip1583

c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 1054 His emys bokes he vnselde.

c1425 J. Audelay XI Pains of Hell 179 Þe angel..lad him to þe blak pit þo, With vij. selys was selid treuly... Anon he vnselid þe pit þore.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice v. i. 275 I haue better newes in store for you than you exspect: vnseale this letter soone.

1666 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 23 He..resolved to unseale the bags.

1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires vi. 78 Nor yet [will I] unseal the Dregs of Wine that stink Of Cask.

1746 P. Francis tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles i. vii. 12 The long Lawyer's Plea unseals our Wills.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. iii. 495 Charging high the cup With wine of richest sort, which she..First broach'd, unsealing the delicious juice.

1818 S. T. Coleridge Gen. Introd. or Treat. on Method 33 in Encycl. Metrop. I Henceforward the book is unsealed for him; the depth is opened.

1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend i. 35 Then was the family tomb unsealed.

1884 Cassell's Family Mag. Mar. 203/1 The oven is then unsealed, and the coke withdrawn.

figurative.1830 F. D. Hemans Spirit's Return in Songs of Affections 3 This long-shut heart for thee shall be unseal'd.

2. figurative.

a. To free from some constraining influence; to allow free action to.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > free from restraint

ungyve1531

unlock1531

unbuckle1548

unpen1561

unmanacle1582

unmuzzlec1585

unseal1589

dischain1603

unshackle1611

to let out1613

uncage1620

unfreeze1637

loosen1645

unconfine1651

unsequester1664

unbay1687

uncurb1729

unbind1735

unleash1822

disenchain1853

1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. G She ought to shut vp her dores, and solemnize continuall night, till her husband her sunne making a happie return, vnsealeth her silence.

1652 E. Benlowes Theophila i. lxxxviii. 12 Renew my Heart, direct my Tongue, unseal My Hand.

1826 F. D. Hemans Forest Sanctuary ii. xxx When stars..are shining, How their soft glance unseals each thought of thee!

1847 R. W. Emerson Compensation ii And why when mirth unseals all tongues Should mine alone be dumb?

b. To free from the condition (or necessity) of remaining closed. (Cf. seal v.¹ 6b)With reference to the eyes (b) probably in part replacing unseel v.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > free from restraint > the lips, tongue, or heart

unspen?c1225

loosec1390

unseala1586

loosen1645

unslip1802

unloosen1845

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [verb (transitive)] > move eyes > open eye

undoa1000

unseel1530

severa1586

unseala1586

stretch1600

unglue1606

unsile1628

(a)

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. ii. sig. B7 I pray you (said Musidorus, then first vnsealing his long silent lips) what countries be these.

1621 F. Quarles Hadassa iii. sig. D3 Memucan..Vnseal'd his serious lips, and thus bespake.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. ii. 34 Speaking as if his utmost efforts were unable to unseal his lips beyond the width of a quarter of an inch.

1852 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire (ed. 2) I. iii. 129 Cicero's mouth was unsealed.

1884 Manch. Examiner 24 Nov. 5/2 Gladstone..is therefore extremely anxious that his lips should..be unsealed.

(b)1652 E. Benlowes Theophila xi. xxx. 197 Still to have toting Waits unseel thine Eyes.1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Ceyx & Alcyone in Fables 372 The God disturb'd with this new glare of Light.., unseal'd his Sight.1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xv. 8 In sleep profound the Son of Nestor lies; Not thine, Ulysses! Care unseal'd his eyes.1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 364 Others 'neath rueful Tartarus he sends; Grants slumbers, and withdraws [them], and the eyes At death unseals.1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xiii. 333 The discovery of that patron's baseness..acts like a talisman to unseal his eyes.

3. To disclose, reveal.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)]

unwryc825

unhelec1000

to draw forthc1175

unhillc1200

to bring forth?c1225

unsteekc1250

let witc1275

uncovera1300

wraya1300

knowc1300

barea1325

shrivec1374

unwrapc1374

again-covera1382

nakena1382

outc1390

tellc1390

disclosea1393

cough1393

unhidea1400

unclosec1400

unhaspc1400

bewrayc1405

reveal1409

accusea1413

reveil1424

unlocka1425

unrekec1425

disclude?1440

uncurec1440

utter1444

detect1447

break1463

expose1483

divinec1500

revelate1514

to bring (also put) to light1526

decipher1529

rake1547

rip1549

unshadow1550

to lay to sight1563

uppen1565

unlace1567

unvisor?1571

resign1572

uncloak1574

disshroud1577

spill1577

reap1578

unrip1579

scour1585

unharboura1586

unmask1586

uncase1587

descrya1591

unclasp?1592

unrive1592

discover1594

unburden1594

untomb1594

unhusk1596

dismask1598

to open upc1600

untruss1600

divulge1602

unshale1606

unbrace1607

unveil1609

rave1610

disveil1611

unface1611

unsecret1612

unvizard1620

to open up1624

uncurtain1628

unscreen1628

unbare1630

disenvelop1632

unclothe1632

to lay forth1633

unshroud1633

unmuffle1637

midwife1638

dissecret1640

unseal1640

unmantle1643

to fetch out1644

undisguise1655

disvelop1658

decorticate1660

clash1667

exert1692

disinter1711

to up with1715

unbundlea1739

develop1741

disembosom1745

to open out1814

to let out1833

unsack1846

uncrown1849

to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861

unfrock1866

disbosom1868

to blow the lid off1928

flush1950

surface1955

to take or pull the wraps off1964

1640 J. Shirley Coronation ii. sig. D2^v If this preserve thee not, I must unseale Another mystery.

1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. ii. iii. 182 He the Future hath unsealed.

Derivatives

unˈsealer n.

ΚΠ

1844 J. R. Lowell Legend of Brittany ii. xxii Remembering when he stood Not fallen yet, the unsealer of her heart.

unˈsealing n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [noun] > action or process of opening > unsealing

unsealing1683

1683 J. Lead Revelation (title page) An Essay towards the Unsealing, Opening and Discovering The Seven Seals.

1895 W. Watson Hymn to Sea i While, with throes, with raptures, with loosing of bonds, with unsealings,—Youth..wakes like a wondering rose.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unseal
释义	unsealv. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈsiːl/, U.S. /ˌənˈsil/ Etymology: un- prefix² 1a, 1b Compare Middle Dutch ontsegelen, (Dutch -zegelen), Old High German intsigilan (Middle High German entsigelen, German -siegeln). 1. transitive. To remove a seal from, to break the seal of (a letter, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > unseal unsealc1425 unrip1583 c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 1054 His emys bokes he vnselde. c1425 J. Audelay XI Pains of Hell 179 Þe angel..lad him to þe blak pit þo, With vij. selys was selid treuly... Anon he vnselid þe pit þore. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice v. i. 275 I haue better newes in store for you than you exspect: vnseale this letter soone. View more context for this quotation 1666 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 23 He..resolved to unseale the bags. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires vi. 78 Nor yet [will I] unseal the Dregs of Wine that stink Of Cask. 1746 P. Francis tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles i. vii. 12 The long Lawyer's Plea unseals our Wills. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. iii. 495 Charging high the cup With wine of richest sort, which she..First broach'd, unsealing the delicious juice. 1818 S. T. Coleridge Gen. Introd. or Treat. on Method 33 in Encycl. Metrop. I Henceforward the book is unsealed for him; the depth is opened. 1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend i. 35 Then was the family tomb unsealed. 1884 Cassell's Family Mag. Mar. 203/1 The oven is then unsealed, and the coke withdrawn. figurative.1830 F. D. Hemans Spirit's Return in Songs of Affections 3 This long-shut heart for thee shall be unseal'd. 2. figurative. a. To free from some constraining influence; to allow free action to. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > free from restraint ungyve1531 unlock1531 unbuckle1548 unpen1561 unmanacle1582 unmuzzlec1585 unseal1589 dischain1603 unshackle1611 to let out1613 uncage1620 unfreeze1637 loosen1645 unconfine1651 unsequester1664 unbay1687 uncurb1729 unbind1735 unleash1822 disenchain1853 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. G She ought to shut vp her dores, and solemnize continuall night, till her husband her sunne making a happie return, vnsealeth her silence. 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila i. lxxxviii. 12 Renew my Heart, direct my Tongue, unseal My Hand. 1826 F. D. Hemans Forest Sanctuary ii. xxx When stars..are shining, How their soft glance unseals each thought of thee! 1847 R. W. Emerson Compensation ii And why when mirth unseals all tongues Should mine alone be dumb? b. To free from the condition (or necessity) of remaining closed. (Cf. seal v.¹ 6b)With reference to the eyes (b) probably in part replacing unseel v. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > free from restraint > the lips, tongue, or heart unspen?c1225 loosec1390 unseala1586 loosen1645 unslip1802 unloosen1845 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [verb (transitive)] > move eyes > open eye undoa1000 unseel1530 severa1586 unseala1586 stretch1600 unglue1606 unsile1628 (a) a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. ii. sig. B7 I pray you (said Musidorus, then first vnsealing his long silent lips) what countries be these. 1621 F. Quarles Hadassa iii. sig. D3 Memucan..Vnseal'd his serious lips, and thus bespake. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. ii. 34 Speaking as if his utmost efforts were unable to unseal his lips beyond the width of a quarter of an inch. 1852 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire (ed. 2) I. iii. 129 Cicero's mouth was unsealed. 1884 Manch. Examiner 24 Nov. 5/2 Gladstone..is therefore extremely anxious that his lips should..be unsealed. (b)1652 E. Benlowes Theophila xi. xxx. 197 Still to have toting Waits unseel thine Eyes.1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Ceyx & Alcyone in Fables 372 The God disturb'd with this new glare of Light.., unseal'd his Sight.1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xv. 8 In sleep profound the Son of Nestor lies; Not thine, Ulysses! Care unseal'd his eyes.1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 364 Others 'neath rueful Tartarus he sends; Grants slumbers, and withdraws [them], and the eyes At death unseals.1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xiii. 333 The discovery of that patron's baseness..acts like a talisman to unseal his eyes. 3. To disclose, reveal. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] unwryc825 unhelec1000 to draw forthc1175 unhillc1200 to bring forth?c1225 unsteekc1250 let witc1275 uncovera1300 wraya1300 knowc1300 barea1325 shrivec1374 unwrapc1374 again-covera1382 nakena1382 outc1390 tellc1390 disclosea1393 cough1393 unhidea1400 unclosec1400 unhaspc1400 bewrayc1405 reveal1409 accusea1413 reveil1424 unlocka1425 unrekec1425 disclude?1440 uncurec1440 utter1444 detect1447 break1463 expose1483 divinec1500 revelate1514 to bring (also put) to light1526 decipher1529 rake1547 rip1549 unshadow1550 to lay to sight1563 uppen1565 unlace1567 unvisor?1571 resign1572 uncloak1574 disshroud1577 spill1577 reap1578 unrip1579 scour1585 unharboura1586 unmask1586 uncase1587 descrya1591 unclasp?1592 unrive1592 discover1594 unburden1594 untomb1594 unhusk1596 dismask1598 to open upc1600 untruss1600 divulge1602 unshale1606 unbrace1607 unveil1609 rave1610 disveil1611 unface1611 unsecret1612 unvizard1620 to open up1624 uncurtain1628 unscreen1628 unbare1630 disenvelop1632 unclothe1632 to lay forth1633 unshroud1633 unmuffle1637 midwife1638 dissecret1640 unseal1640 unmantle1643 to fetch out1644 undisguise1655 disvelop1658 decorticate1660 clash1667 exert1692 disinter1711 to up with1715 unbundlea1739 develop1741 disembosom1745 to open out1814 to let out1833 unsack1846 uncrown1849 to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861 unfrock1866 disbosom1868 to blow the lid off1928 flush1950 surface1955 to take or pull the wraps off1964 1640 J. Shirley Coronation ii. sig. D2^v If this preserve thee not, I must unseale Another mystery. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. ii. iii. 182 He the Future hath unsealed. Derivatives unˈsealer n. ΚΠ 1844 J. R. Lowell Legend of Brittany ii. xxii Remembering when he stood Not fallen yet, the unsealer of her heart. unˈsealing n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [noun] > action or process of opening > unsealing unsealing1683 1683 J. Lead Revelation (title page) An Essay towards the Unsealing, Opening and Discovering The Seven Seals. 1895 W. Watson Hymn to Sea i While, with throes, with raptures, with loosing of bonds, with unsealings,—Youth..wakes like a wondering rose. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.c1425
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