unsealed

[uhn-seeld]

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adjective

not sealed; not stamped or marked with a seal: unsealed cargo.
not shut or closed with or as if with a seal: an unsealed letter; an unsealed crate.
not verified, certain, or confirmed: His fate was still unsealed.

Origin of unsealed

1350–1400; Middle English unseled; see un-¹, seal¹, -ed²

unseal

[uhn-seel]

verb (used with object)

to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed: to unseal a letter; to unseal a tomb.
to free from constraint, as a person's thought, speech, or behavior: Their friendship unsealed her vivacity.

Origin of unseal

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

Related formsun·seal·a·ble, adjective

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Examples from the Web for unsealed

Contemporary Examples

When the transcripts were unsealed in court, it became apparent that the affair with secretary was just one of many liaisons.
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Michael Daly
June 21, 2013
By 2003, two former Pentagon officials had unsealed an indictment against Taylor.
Liberian Nostalgia for War Criminal Charles Taylor
Finlay Young
April 28, 2012
L.A. County has just unsealed over 1,000 pages of grand jury transcripts from the indictment in the Grim Sleep serial-killer case.
What's in the Grim Sleeper's Grand Jury Transcripts
Christine Pelisek
May 6, 2011

Historical Examples

Bottles were unsealed and they began to prepare the morning meal.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930
Various
By this awful pause the storm penetrated the defences of the man and unsealed his lips.
Typhoon
Joseph Conrad
But now it is over—gloriously over—and so my lips are unsealed at last.
Danger! and Other Stories
Arthur Conan Doyle
It was unsealed, and she slipped in her finger and pulled out—a pawn ticket!
The Green Rust
Edgar Wallace
I intimated it would save time if she left her letters to him unsealed.
Special Messenger
Robert W. Chambers

British Dictionary definitions for unsealed

unsealed

adjective

not sealed
Australian and NZ (of a road) surfaced with road metal not bound by bitumen or other sealant

unseal

verb (tr)

to remove or break the seal of
to reveal or free (something concealed or closed as if sealed)to unseal one's lips

Derived Formsunsealable, adjective

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Word Origin and History for unsealed

unseal

v.

early 15c., from un- (2) + seal (v.). Cf. Middle Dutch ontsegelen, Old High German intsigilan. Related: Unsealed (late 14c.).

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Origin of unseal

Examples from the Web for unsealed

Contemporary Examples

When the transcripts were unsealed in court, it became apparent that the affair with secretary was just one of many liaisons.

By 2003, two former Pentagon officials had unsealed an indictment against Taylor.

L.A. County has just unsealed over 1,000 pages of grand jury transcripts from the indictment in the Grim Sleep serial-killer case.

Historical Examples

Bottles were unsealed and they began to prepare the morning meal.

By this awful pause the storm penetrated the defences of the man and unsealed his lips.

But now it is over—gloriously over—and so my lips are unsealed at last.

It was unsealed, and she slipped in her finger and pulled out—a pawn ticket!

I intimated it would save time if she left her letters to him unsealed.

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Word Origin and History for unsealed

unseal

v.

Origin of unsealed