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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Seal \Seal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sealed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Sealing}.] [OE. selen; cf. OF. seeler, seieler, F. sceller,
     LL. sigillare. See {Seal} a stamp.]
     1. To set or affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to
        confirm; to ratify; to establish; as, to seal a deed.
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              And with my hand I seal my true heart's love.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard
        exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality; as, to
        seal weights and measures; to seal silverware.
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     3. To fasten with a seal; to attach together with a wafer,
        wax, or other substance causing adhesion; as, to seal a
        letter.
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     4. Hence, to shut close; to keep close; to make fast; to keep
        secure or secret.
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              Seal up your lips, and give no words but "mum".
                                                    --Shak.
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     5. To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement,
        plaster, or the like. --Gwilt.
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     6. To close by means of a seal; as, to seal a drainpipe with
        water. See 2d {Seal}, 5.
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     7. Among the Mormons, to confirm or set apart as a second or
        additional wife. [Utah, U.S.]
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              If a man once married desires a second helpmate . .
              . she is sealed to him under the solemn sanction of
              the church.                           --H.
                                                    Stansbury.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sealing
       n : the act of treating something to make it repel water [syn: {waterproofing}]

















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