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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
un·seal       [uhn-seel] Pronunciation Key
–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: 1375–1425; late ME unselen; see un-2, seal1]

un·seal·a·ble, adjective
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un·seal       (ŭn-sēl')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   un·sealed, un·seal·ing, un·seals
To break or remove the seal of; open.

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
unseal 
c.1425, from un- (2) + seal (v.). Cf. M.Du. ontsegelen, O.H.G. intsigilan. Unsealed is recorded from 1377.

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unseal

verb
break the seal of; "He unsealed the letter" [ant: seal

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Unseal

Un*seal"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + seal.]

1. To break or remove the seal of; to open, as what is sealed; as, to unseal a letter.

Unable to unseal his lips beyond the width of a quarter of an inch. --Sir W. Scott.

2. To disclose, as a secret. [Obs.] --The Coronation.

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