sealed : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sealed	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sealed adj established irrevocably; "his fate is sealed" [syn: sealed, certain] Antonym(s): uncertain, unsealed closed or secured with or as if with a seal; "my lips are sealed"; "the package is still sealed"; "the premises are sealed" Antonym(s): unsealed undisclosed for the time being; "sealed orders"; "a sealed move in chess" determined irrevocably; "his fate is sealed" having been paved covered with a waterproof coating; "a sealed driveway" (of walls) covered with a coat of plaster Synonym(s): plastered, sealed
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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 [bd]mum[b8]. --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.