unseal

[ uhn-seel ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed: to unseal a letter; to unseal a tomb.

  2. to free from constraint, as a person's thought, speech, or behavior:Their friendship unsealed her vivacity.

Origin of unseal

1
1375–1425; late Middle English unselen;see un-2, seal1

Other words from unseal

  • un·seal·a·ble, adjective

Words Nearby unseal

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How to use unseal in a sentence

  • He put in the bulkhead, and I went to the port-hole to unseal it.

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  • Surely this chamber, too, in the great laboratory deserves that the historian should unseal its door and explore its recesses.

  • "No matter what they say or do, no matter what methods they apply, don't unseal your lips," was his parting advice.

  • Thus in the sun-thaw is the snow unseal'd; Thus in the winds on flitting leaves was lost The Sybil's sentence.

  • She believed in him, loved him truly, and waited with maidenly patience to hear the words that would unseal her lips.

British Dictionary definitions for unseal

unseal

/ (ʌnˈsiːl) /


verb(tr)
  1. to remove or break the seal of

  2. to reveal or free (something concealed or closed as if sealed): to unseal one's lips

Derived forms of unseal

  • unsealable, adjective

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