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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Seal \Seal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sealed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Skaling}.] [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.

            And with my hand I seal my true heart's love.
                                                  --Shak.

   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.

   3. To fasten with a seal; to attach together with a wafer,
      wax, or other substance causing adhesion; as, to seal a
      letter.

   4. Hence, to shut close; to keep close; to make fast; to keep
      secure or secret.

            Seal up your lips, and give no words but ``mum''.
                                                  --Shak.

   5. To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement,
      plaster, or the like. --Gwilt.

   6. To close by means of a seal; as, to seal a drainpipe with
      water. See 2d {Seal}, 5.

   7. Among the Mormons, to confirm or set apart as a second or
      additional wife. [Utah, U.S.]

            If a man once married desires a second helpmate . .
            . she is sealed to him under the solemn sanction of
            the church.                           --H.
                                                  Stansbury.

Source : WordNet®

sealed
     adj 1: established irrevocably; "his fate is sealed" [syn: {certain}]
            [ant: {unsealed}]
     2: closed or secured with or as if with a seal; "my lips are
        sealed"; "the package is still sealed"; "the premises are
        sealed" [ant: {unsealed}]
     3: undisclosed for the time being; "sealed orders"; "a sealed
        move in chess"
     4: determined irrevocably; "his fate is sealed"
     5: having been paved
     6: covered with a waterproof coating; "a sealed driveway"
     7: (of walls) covered with a coat of plaster [syn: {plastered}]
     8: closed so tightly as to be airtight or watertight
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