ensealとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 enselen, inselen, inseilen, from 古期英語 inseġlian (“to place a seal on”), from Proto-West Germanic *insigilōn (compare Old High German insigilōn, insigilen, Old Norse innsigla (“to seal”)), from Latin insigilāre; merged with and reinforced by Old French enseeler, from the same Latin source. Equivalent to en- +‎ seal.

動詞

enseal (third-person singular simple present enseals, present participle ensealing, simple past and past participle ensealed)

1. (obsolete) To mark with, or as if with, a seal (stamp)
   • 1905, Charles Swan, Gesta Romanorum, Introduction:

     So he wrote letters, ensealed with his ring, to his first daughter, that said that she loved him more than herself […]

2. (obsolete) To ratify.
3. To enclose with a seal, i.e. to prevent leakage.

派生語

• ensealed
• ensealing
• ensealment

参照

• “enseal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

アナグラム

• Lanese, Selena, selane, aneles, Lesane, Elenas, Eleans, Anslee